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Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property: Standard Tables

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Summary
Utility patents by year, non-U.S. companies only
Year Utility patents
    Assignee(s) Title (patent number)  
 Number
1976 15
    AQUITAINE, SOCIETE NATIONALE DES PETROLES (Courbevoie, FR) Preparation of an enzyme-cellulose complex (3960666)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Amylase inhibitor from wheat gluten using alcohol (3950319)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Plant growth regulant compositions comprising 2-cyano-bicyclo[2,2,1]heptane (3979204)  
    CHINOIN GYOGYSZER-ES VEGYESZETI TERMEKEK GYARA RT (Budapest, HU) Method of controlling plant growth (3964894)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Agents for regulating plant metabolism (3937626)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Composition for the regulation of plant growth (3971647)  
    GODO SHUSEI K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Neutral protease useful for animal tissue and cell culture (3930954)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Plant growth regulators and process of regulating plant growth (3985541)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Vaccine for viral pericardite in barbary ducks (3950511)  
    MAX K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Pollinator (3943660)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Novel antibiotic BN-109 substance, its production and use (3940479)  
    PEPRO, SOC. POUR LE DEVELOP. ET AL VENTE DE SPECIALITIES CHIMIQUES (Lyon, FR) N-(1-carboxy-3-methylthio)propyl urea derivatives and compositions having plant-growth regulating properties (3990883)  
    RANKS HOVIS MCDOUGALL LTD. (London, UK) Production of edible protein containing substances (3937693)  
    RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES (Brussels, BE) Live brovine adenovirus vaccines, preparation thereof and method of vaccination using them (3962424)  
    SANWA KAGAKU KENKYUSHO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for the growth and production of mushroom tissue (3940883)  
1977 27
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Plant-growth-regulating compositions containing phospholanium salts (4021221)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Production of attenuated viruses (4039656)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Heterocyclic sulfonium salt containing plant-growth regulant compositions (4047923)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Method of regulating plant growth (4049418)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Treatment of infections in animals (4049794)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Methods and compositions for regulating plant growth using piperazine compounds (4057413)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Amino sugar derivatives (4062950)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Amino sugars and their use in improving the meat:fat ratio in animals (4065557)  
    BRITISH PETROLEUM CO. P.L.C. (London, UK) Growth of plants (4012867)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Arylisothiocyanate for the regulation of plant growth (4004907)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Phenylaminoacetamides for regulating plant growth (4008066)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) 1-(Bis-trifluoromethylphenyl)-2-oxo-pyrrolidine-4-carboxylic acid derivatives, their production and their use as plant-growth regulators and herbicides (4013445)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Plant growth regulating agent (4019894)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Plant growth regulating agent (4022611)  
    DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Feed additive for ruminants (4044169)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Coccidiostats (RE29244)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Regulating plant growth (4047924)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulator (4059431)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulator (4059432)  
    RANKS HOVIS MCDOUGALL LTD. (London, UK) Edible protein substances composed of fungal mycellium (4061781)  
    RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES (Brussels, BE) Pre-farrowing pregnant sow piglet colibacillosis vaccines and process for their administration to pregnant sows before farrowing (4053584)  
    RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ALBERTA (Edmonton, CA) Ruminant feed supplement and process for producing same (4044156)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Fertilizer containing growth activators for plants (4021220)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) N-[O-(.beta.-Cyanoethyl)-phosphonomethyl]-glycines and derivatives (4025331)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Di-(acyloxyalkyl)-.beta.-haloethane-phosphonates and dithiophosphonates and use as plant growth regulators (4042370)  
    SANKYO CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Isoxazolone derivatives, their preparation and their use as plant growth regulators (4060402)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Fractionation of sperm (4009260)  
1978 19
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Imidazolidinedione compounds and plant growth influencing compositions (4067721)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Method of inhibiting the growth of plants with phospholenium salts (4076517)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Novel phenoxycarboxylic acid aryloxy(thio)carbonylaminomethyl esters and their use for regulating plant growth (4090862)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Chlorine-substituted vinylaminobenzoic acid compounds and plant growth regulant compositions (4104049)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Deamino derivatives of the kallikrein-trypsin inhibitor (4118481)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Combating fungi and controlling plant growth with 1-amido-1-azolyl-2-hydroxy- or -keto-alkanes (4124369)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Aminomethanephosphonic acid compounds containing plant-growth regulant compositions (4127401)  
    CANADA PACKERS LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Immunoglobulins for administration to piglets (4096244)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Silicon compounds containing nucleofugal phosphate group and method of regulating plant growth therewith (4084951)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Beta-halogenoethyl-silanes as plant growth regulators (4098601)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) .beta.-Halogenoethyl-silanes as plant growth regulators (4102668)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Beta-halogenoethyl-silanes as plant growth regulators (4102670)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Pyridinium-s-triazines for regulating plant growth (4116675)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Hydroxamic acid derivatives for regulating plant growth (4126440)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Plant growth regulating agents (4094664)  
    PEPRO, SOC. POUR LE DEVELOP. ET AL VENTE DE SPECIALITIES CHIMIQUES (Lyon, FR) Hydantoin derivatives and methods for regulating plant-growth (4093444)  
    PHILAGRO (Lyon, FR) Plant regulating compounds (4099955)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for controlling the growth of plants (4070176)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for controlling the growth of plants (4113463)  
1979 18
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Plant growth regulators (4153445)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Agents for regulating plant growth (4140518)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Agents for regulating plant growth (4150967)  
    BOOTS CO. LTD. (London, UK) Method of regulating plant growth (4139365)  
    BRITISH PETROLEUM CO. P.L.C. (London, UK) Fermentation process for the production of a protein rich animal feedstuff from liquid dairy by-products (4165389)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Pyridyloxy-phenoxy-alkanecarboxylic acid derivatives which are effective as herbicides and as agents regulating plant growth (4133675)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Pyridine-4-carboxylic acid hydrazides for combatting phytopathogenic microorganisms and for regulating plant growth (4137067)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Composition for the regulation of plant metabolism (4149873)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Acetanilide plant growth regulating agent (4160660)  
    DUNCAN FLOCKHART AND CO. LTD. (Edinburg, UK) Preparation of virus sub-unit vaccines (4158054)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Plant growth regulation (4155743)  
    JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. (Beerse, BE) Antimicrobial and plant-growth-regulating triazole derivatives (4160838)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Method for promoting secretion of milk of livestock (4144354)  
    NATIONAL SEED DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION LTD. (UK) (Newton, UK); KENT INCORP. SOC. FOR PROMOTING EXPERIMENTS IN HORTICULTURE (Maidstone, UK) Propagating woody plant material (4152869)  
    RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES (Brussels, BE) Vaccines against oedema disease of piglets (4136181)  
    RIKAGAKU KENKYUSHO (Wako, JP) Novel endonuclease and process for production thereof (4161424)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Antibiotic compositions for treating coccidiosis (4148890)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) 1,2,3-Thiadiazole-5-yl-urea derivatives, process for making the same and plant retardation and defoliation composition containing same (4163658)  
1980 28
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Plant growth regulators (4192671)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Novel halogenoethyl sulphones and their use as plant growth regulators (4227918)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Plant growth regulating compositions and methods using alpha-isocyanocarboxylic acid compounds (4239528)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Method of regulating the growth of plants (4240820)  
    BEECHAM GROUP LTD. (Brentford, UK) Cell culture method (4224413)  
    BOOTS CO. LTD. (London, UK) Plant growth regulating compounds, compositions and methods (4221582)  
    BRITISH PETROLEUM CO. P.L.C. (London, UK) Heteropolysaccharide biopolymer (4233438)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Plant growth regulating agent (4200451)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) N-Phenyl-substituted N-heterocyclic compounds, their preparation and use in agents for regulating plant growth (4208202)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Phenylglyoxylonitrile-2-oxime-cyanomethyl ether as plant growth regulator (4220464)  
    DSO (Zagora, BG) Method for obtaining mycelium from the genus Polyporus (4212947)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Animal feeds containing a mixture of virginiamycin, zinc bacitracin or flavophospholipol and proteolytic enzymes (4218437)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for reducing the contents of lipids and nucleic acid in microbial cell masses (4206243)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Method of regulating plant growth using triazole and imidazole compounds (4181518)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Agents for and method of modifying citrus fruit (4217130)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Enzymatic improvement of protein flavor (4232044)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP); KITASATO INSTITUTE (Tokyo, JP) Antibiotic composition (4226879)  
    LAB. DERIVATI ORGANICI, S.P.A. (Milan, IT) Extracting protease-inhibitor from animal tissue containing same (4216293)  
    PHILAGRO (Lyon, FR) New plant growth regulating compositions which contain derivatives of N-acyl methionine (4240823)  
    RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES (Brussels, BE) Live Newcastle disease virus vaccine (4235876)  
    RIKAGAKU KENKYUSHO (Wako, JP) Nicotinamide-ammonium hydroxide plant growth regulator compositions (4212664)  
    SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER (Tokyo, JP); TOYO SODA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Process for recovering protease (4212945)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Di-(cyanoalkyl)-.beta.-haloethanephosphonates and dithiophosphonates and use as plant growth regulators (4190430)  
    SANKYO CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Use of isourea derivatives and triazine derivatives in combination with gibberellins as plant growth regulators (4211550)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) 1,2,3-Thiadiazole-2-id derivatives, process for making the same and composition containing the same having a growth regulating activity for plants (4181517)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Protease inhibitors (4206283)  
    TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC. (Tokyo, JP) Cell culture propagation apparatus (4228243)  
    TOYO SODA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP); SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER (Tokyo, JP) Process for recovering protease (4212946)  
1981 24
    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, LTD. (Surrey, UK) Preparation of food products (4259358)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Vaccines for immunizing egg-laying birds against Egg Drop disease, preparation of said vaccines, and method of use of said vaccines (4302444)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Alpha-isocyano-carboxylic acid amide compounds and plant growth regulant compositions (4261731)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Antibiotic, its production and its medicinal use (4264591)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Agents for regulating plant growth using 2-thiazolone-5-carboxylic acid compounds (4273573)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Novel .alpha.-isocyanocarboxylic acid compounds and plant growth regulant compositions (4292072)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Novel acyloxamides and plant growth regulant compositions (4293331)  
    CHINOIN GYOGYSZER-ES VEGYESZETI TERMEKEK GYARA RT (Budapest, HU) Process for the preparation of fermentation media suitable for culturing yeast for animal consumption and microspores and/or for the production of protein from vegetable waste matter (4243685)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) 2-Oxo- and 2-thioxo-1,3-dithiol compounds as active substances for regulating plant metabolism and their use (4265655)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Plant growth regulating agent (4283221)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Novel N-phenyl-substituted N-heterocyclic compounds, their preparation and use in agents for regulating plant growth (4294606)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Imidazole and triazole compounds, fungicidal and plant growth regulating compositions, method of combating fungal infections in plants and method of regulating plant growth (4246020)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Triazole and imidazole compounds and their use as fungicides and plant growth regulating agents (4269845)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing high purity maltose (4294623)  
    NOVO LAB., INC. (Wilton, CT US) Microbiologic conversion of L-galactonate into 2-Keto L-galactonate (4246348)  
    RANKS HOVIS MCDOUGALL LTD. (London, UK) Production of edible protein substances (4294929)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Microorganism and proteolytic enzyme derived therefrom (4288556)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Method and composition to increase the sugar content of sugar cane (4299617)  
    SANKYO CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Use of isourea derivatives and triazine derivatives in combination with gibberellins as plant growth regulators (4303440)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) 1,2,3-Thiadiazole-3-in-5-ylidene-urea derivatives, process for making the same and compositions containing the same having growth regulating activity for plants (4243404)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Method of preparation and use of N-phenyl-N'-1,2,3-thiadiazole-5-yl-thiourea (4245101)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Composition for plant growth regulation (4261726)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Agents for the defoliation of plants (4294605)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for controlling the growth of plants (4244731)  
1982 22
    ADCOCK-INGRAM LAB., LTD. (Johannesburg, ZA) Mastitis vaccination (4327082)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-lysine by fermentation (4346170)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Triazolyl derivatives, their manufacture, and agents containing them for influencing plant growth (4319911)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Plant growth regulators (4328028)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Agents for regulating plant growth containing triazolyl glycol ethers, and the use thereof (4336055)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Plant growth regulating substituted alkylammonium salts (4350518)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Plant growth regulant compositions (4350520)  
    BRITISH PETROLEUM CO. P.L.C. (London, UK) Fermentation process for producing higher plant cells (4326034)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Sulfur-containing alkanecarboxylic acid derivatives with herbicidal and plant growth-regulating action, production thereof and method of use (4311514)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Herbicidal and plant growth regulating pyridyloxy-phenoxy-propionic acid derivatives (4325729)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Haloethylthienylsulphonates for the regulation of plant metabolism (4357159)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Infectious bronchitis vaccine for poultry (4357320)  
    KELOWNA NURSERIES LTD. (Kelowna, CA) Micropropagation of plant material (4361984)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Citric acid producing mutant yeast strains (4322498)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for mass propagation of plantlets (4338745)  
    LESAFFRE ET CIE (Paris, FR) Process for obtaining new strains of yeast for bread-making and novel strains of yeast thus prepared (4318929)  
    LESAFFRE ET CIE (Paris, FR) Strains of yeast for bread-making and novel strains of yeast thus prepared (4318930)  
    NODA INST. FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (Noda, JP) Novel bacteriophage and method for preparing same (4332897)  
    NODA INST. FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (Noda, JP) Method for preparing a recombinant DNA phage (4348477)  
    PEGASUS PENSION FUND S.A. (Montreal, CA) Method of producing plants mycorrhyzated with symbiotic fungi (4345403)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Process for the preparation of new lysine-containing solid compositions for addition to animal feed (4327118)  
    TOKYO KIKAKIKAI CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); KANSAI CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD. (Amagasaki, JP); TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Continuous fermentor and reactor (4337315)  
1983 25
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) E.Coli bacteria carrying recombinant plasmids and their use in the fermentative production of L-tryptophan (4371614)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-histidine by fermentation (4388405)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-valine by fermentation (4391907)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation (4393135)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-phenylalanine by fermentation (4403033)  
    ASAHI KASEI KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Cell cultivation method and floating animal cell culture unit for the same (4391912)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) 1,3-Dioxan-5-yl-alkenyltriazoles, their preparation, their uses in regulating plant growth, and regulators containing these compounds (4368066)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) 1,3-Dioxan-5-yl-alkyltriazoles, their preparation, their use for regulating plant growth, and regulators containing these compounds (4385925)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) .alpha.-Azolyl-glycol derivatives, as fungicides and plant growth regulators (4411687)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Preparations of micro-organisms (4391887)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Process for the preparation of the highly pure enzyme kallikrein from swine pancreas extracts (4393140)  
    CHINOIN GYOGYSZER-ES VEGYESZETI TERMEKEK GYARA RT (Budapest, HU) Hormonal plant growth regulator (4380626)  
    CHUGAI SEIYAKU K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Isonicotinanilide derivatives, plant growth regulating compositions and use (4377407)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Novel N-phenyl-substituted N-heterocyclic compounds, their preparation and use in agents for regulating plant growth (4394156)  
    COATED SEED LTD. (Christchurch, NZ) Use of microorganisms in conjunction with seeds (4367609)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for the enzymatic preparation of L-2-amino-4-methylphosphinobutyric acid (4389488)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Method for isolating solid matter from a salinomycin culture broth (4395491)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) 1,3-Bis(azolyl)propanols as fungicides and plant growth regulators (4416682)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Processes for producing thermophilic aspartase (4391910)  
    LESAFFRE ET CIE (Paris, FR) Strains of yeast for bread-making and novel strains of yeast thus prepared (4396632)  
    PIERRE FABRE, S.A. (Paris, FR) Immunostimulating preparations based on ribosomal RNA's and a process for the preparation of the RNA's (4389396)  
    RICHTER GEDEON VEGYESZETI GYAR RT (Budapest, HU) Method for controlling the amount and distribution of alkaloids formed in a fermentation process (4390625)  
    SANKYO CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Use of isourea derivatives and triazine derivatives in combination with gibberellins as plant growth regulators (4406687)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Fungicidal 2-sulfinyl-5-sulfonyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives (4369185)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Composition for plant growth regulation (4402726)  
1984 40
    A/S ALFRED BENZON (Copenhagen, DK) Plasmid having temperature dependent plasmid copy number (4487835)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation (4427773)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-arginine by fermentation (4430430)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-isoleucine by fermentation (4442208)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing L-threonine by fermentation (4452890)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Plant growth regulating .alpha.-azolylglycols (4436548)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Plant growth regulators (4447255)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Herbicides containing thiazolo[2,3-b]quinazolones as active ingredients, and their use for regulating plant growth (4473391)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Thiazolo[2,3-b]quinazolones and their use for influencing plant growth (4486221)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating 1-azolyl-2-oximinobutane and use (4451281)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-Vinyltriazole compounds and plant growth and fungicidal compositions (4486218)  
    CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INST. (Kumamoto, JP); Individual inventor(s) Method of the preparation of improved mutant strain of Bordetella bronchiseptica useful as live attenuated vaccine for prophlaxis of B. bronchiseptica infection (4456588)  
    CHLORELLA INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method of plant tissue and cell culture (4431738)  
    CHUGAI SEIYAKU K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulator (4435202)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Derivatives of 2-nitro-4- or -5-pyridyloxyphenylphosphonic acid, the preparation thereof, the use thereof as herbicides and/or plant growth regulators (4451284)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Nitroarylalkylsulfone derivatives as plant growth stimulants (4459152)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Plasmid and its use (4460688)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Vaccines (4481188)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Acid stable protease from mutants of genus Rhizopus (4473644)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Method for cultivating insect cells (4454227)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for the production of D-lactic acid with the use of Lactobacillus bulgaricus DSM 2129 (4467034)  
    IDEMITSU KOSAN CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for the production of butanol and novel microorganism composition used therein (4443542)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Thiazolidinones (4443454)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Derivatives of M.139,603 useful as growth promoters (4443471)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Method for inducing tillering utilizing certain pyridine-1-oxides (4473395)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-glutamic acid (4440856)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for manufacturing alcohol by fermentation (4472501)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Plasmid pCG2 (4489160)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plasmids derived from Actinomycetes (4460693)  
    NESTLE (Lausanne, CH) Production of yogurt (4425366)  
    RANKS HOVIS MCDOUGALL LTD. (London, UK) Edible protein containing substances (4466988)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) 2-Methylenesuccinamic acid compounds as plant growth regulants (4431442)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Means for embedding microorganisms in a polymer matrix (4434231)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR) Increasing yields of vegetable crops with o-phenyl hydroxylamines (4472194)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Xylite derivatives, methods for their production as well as compositions containing them having growth regulatory activity for plants (4474596)  
    SHOWA DENKO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Alkaline protease and preparation method thereof (4480037)  
    STAART ENTERPRISES LTD. (London, UK) Plant technique (4436547)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Optical isomer of triazolylpentenols, and their production and use as fungicide, herbicide and/or plant growth regulant (4435203)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP); EARTH CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. (Hyogen, JP) Homobrassinolide compounds which are steroids having plant growth promoting activity (4453967)  
    YAKULT HONSHA K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Composition for promoting growth of bifidobacteria (4435389)  
1985 51
    A/S ALFRED BENZON (Copenhagen, DK) Process for producing gene products of plasmid having temperature dependent plasmid copy number (4495287)  
    A/S ALFRED BENZON (Copenhagen, DK) Bacteria carrying plasmid having temperature dependent plasmid copy number (4499189)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-histidine by fermentation (4504581)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Composite plasmid (4514502)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation (4529697)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for the production of a fermentation starting material (4543330)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-tryptophan by fermentation (4560652)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-lysine by fermentation (4560654)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Infectious Bursal Disease vaccine (4530831)  
    ALFA LAVAL AGRI. INTERNATIONAL AB (Tumba, SE) Production of ethanol (4522920)  
    AMANO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD (Nagoya City, JP) Method for the quantitative determination of physiological components in biological fluids (4554249)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Norbornane compounds, plant growth regulators containing these compounds, and their intermediates (4512795)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Triazolyl ketone-oximes and triazolyl dioximes, their preparation and their use as plant growth regulators (4515616)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Control of unwanted plant growth with 2-aryloxy-2-azolylalkanecarboxamides (4515623)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Phenylpropylammonium salts, their manufacture and agents containing these compounds (4554006)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Oil-in-water emulsions, and their use (4500348)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Combating pests with novel substituted carbamoyloximino-tetrahydrothiophenes and intermediates therefor (4501753)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Triazolylalkyl-thioether plant growth regulators and fungicides (4507141)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Benzyl-pyrimidinylalkyl-ethers as plant growth regulators and fungicides, and corresponding pyrimidinylcarbinols (4515617)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Method and compositions for regulating plant growth using pyrimidine-butanol compounds (4525204)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Synergistic mixtures of penicillins (4529591)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Cycloalkyl (.alpha.-triazolyl-.beta.-hydroxy)-ketones as fungicides and plant growth regulators (4530715)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Method and compositions for regulating plant growth using cycloalkane-carboxylic acid compounds (4554017)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Azolyl-thioether derivatives as fungicides and plant growth regulators (4559077)  
    ESZAKMAGYARORSZAGI VEGYIMUUEK (Sajobabony, HU) Plant growth regulating method (4493727)  
    ESZAKMAGYARORSZAGI VEGYIMUUEK (Sajobabony, HU) Plant tissue cultivation process (4554252)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Infectious bronchitis vaccine for poultry (4505892)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Vaccines (4515777)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Infectious bronchitis vaccine for poultry (RE31830)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Food products and process for producing same (4557927)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Acid stable protease from mutants of genus Aspergillus (4518697)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Hybrid vector and process for improving the amplification and expression of hybrid vectors by the use of mitochondrial DNA (4492758)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Plasmid pAC 1, a process for obtaining it and its use (4506014)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Triazolylalkanetriol derivatives (4496388)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Triazole and imidazole compounds useful as fungicides and plant growth regulators (4507140)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) 1-(Tetrahydrofurylmethyl)azoles (4518415)  
    KOKEN CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Substratum for cell culture and a method for culturing and isolating cells using same (4559304)  
    KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); IHARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Cyclohexane derivatives having plant-growth regulating activities, and uses of these derivatives (4560403)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-histidine by fermentation (4495283)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Plasmids (4500640)  
    NIHON NOHYAKU CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for promoting crop growth (4543119)  
    NIPPON PAINT CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Tissue culture of lichens (4536474)  
    POLYDEX CHEMICALS LTD. (Nassau, BS) Tissue culture and cell growth-promoting material and its method of manufacture (4520107)  
    RANKS HOVIS MCDOUGALL LTD. (London, UK) Production of edible protein containing substances (4555485)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) N-Phenylcarbamoyl-pyridine compounds (4493729)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR) Combined vaccine (4537768)  
    SANKYO CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plasmid pSAN 181 (4517300)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) 1,2,3-Thiadiazole-5-yl-urea derivatives, processes for their use as plant growth regulating and defoliating agents (4491466)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) 1,2,3-Thiadiazole-5-yl-urea derivatives, agents containing these compounds with plant growth regulating and defoliating activity (4515619)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Process for producing 4-cyclopentenones (4511655)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Plasmid and production thereof (4518698)  
1986 56
    AGRO-KANESHO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulator (4626277)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-tryptophan by fermentation (4588687)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-phenylalanine by fermentation (4591562)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Coryneform bacteria carrying recombinant plasmids and their use in the fermentative production of L-threonine and L-isoleucine (4601983)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Phenylpropylammonium salts, as growth regulants (4602930)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Influencing plant growth (4604129)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Increasing the sugar content of plants (4618362)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Plant growth-regulating agents (4572734)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Triazolyl-alkanones or triazolyl-alkanols (4582843)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-(substituted-phenoxy)-3-methyl-2-(pyrimidin-5-yl)-butan-2-ol useful as plant growth regulating agents (4584373)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Phenoxymethane derivatives for regulating plant growth (4588433)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) (-)-Antipode of (E)-1-cyclohexyl-4,4-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-pent-1-ene (4592772)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) N'-(substituted-pyrimidin-2-yl)-N"-substituted-N",N"'-bis-(substituted-benzenesulphonyl)-guanidines as herbicides (4602938)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 5-amino-4-heterocyclyl-1-phenylpyrazoles (4614534)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Tetrahydrofuran-2-ylmethylamines and fungicidal and plant growth regulating use (4615725)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Route to hybrid cotton production (4570380)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Cyclohexanedionecarboxylic acid derivatives with herbicidal and plant growth regulating properties (4584013)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Herbicidal and plant-growth-regulating (2-nitro-5-aryloxy-phenylamino)-alkylphosphine oxide derivatives and compositions (4605434)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Cyclohexanedionecarboxylic acid derivatives with herbicidal and plant growth regulating properties (4618360)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Cyclohexanedionecarboxylic acid derivatives with herbicidal and plant growth regulating properties (4623382)  
    DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Osaka, JP) Strains of Aspergillus and use thereof to produce amylolytic enzymes (4593005)  
    ENICHEM S.P.A. (Milan, IT) Plasmidic vectors for expressing in bacillus subtilis and a method of preparing them (4626510)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Vaccines (RE32283)  
    GODREJ SOAPS PRIVATE LTD. (Bombay, IN) Plant growth promoter from rice bran and processes for making and using (4605430)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Process for producing Xanthomonas biopolymers (4618582)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) N-alkoxyaminosulfonylureas and N-alkylsulfonylaminosulfonylureas and pyrimidino thiadiazine oxides as herbicides and plant growth-regulators (4601747)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Functional protein hydrolyzates, a process for their preparation, use of these protein hydrolyzates as a food additive, and foods containing these protein hydrolyzated (4627983)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Azolyl-hydroxy alkanols having fungicidal and plant growth regulating properties (4586947)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Transposable cloning vector (4590162)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Plant growth regulation using triazole ethanols (4595406)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) .alpha.-Benzyl-.alpha.-triazolyl pinacolone compounds (4605747)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Bread or other cereal-based food improver composition involving the addition of phospholipase A to the flour (4567046)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Pharmaceutical composition for treating protozoan disease containing at least one tetrocarcin (4567164)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Regulatory substance of DNA synthesis (4613458)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Plasmid pCG1 from Corynebacterium glutamicum (4617267)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-lysine by fermentation (4623623)  
    NIHON TOKUSHU NOYAKU SEIZO K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Triazolo-(3,2-c)perhydroxazin-8-one derivatives and use as fungicides and plant growth regulators (4622064)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase (4609626)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for controlling the growth of suckers on a tobacco plant (4619685)  
    NORSK HYDRO A.S. (Oslo, NO) Preparation of the enzyme .beta.-glucanase by fermentation of fungi (4588690)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Preparation of a maltogenic amylase enzyme (4598048)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase enzyme and preparation thereof (4617273)  
    PHYLAXIA OLTOANYAGTERMELO VALLALAT (Budapest, HU) Process for the preparation of a lyophilized vaccine against duck virus hepatitis (4622222)  
    RECHERCHE ET INDUSTRIE THERAPEUTIQUES (Brussels, BE) Temperature sensitive strains of bovine viral diarrhoea virus, preparation thereof and vaccines containing them (4618493)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Method of producing endomycorrhizian fungi with arbuscules and vesicles in vitro (4599312)  
    RIKAGAKU KENKYUSHO (Wako, JP) Plasmid, method for construction of the same, microorganism carrying the plasmid and method for cultivation of the microorganism (4624922)  
    ROHTO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for enhancing a fungus-lytic activity of .beta.-1,3-D-glucanase (4576914)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR) Process for preparing cheese and product produced (4588593)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR) Process for preparing improved quality cheeses and product produced (4588594)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Pyridinyloxy propoinamide derivatives useful in increasing the recoverable sugar in sugarcane (4615728)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Certain 1-(N-methylsulfonamido)-prop-2-yl 2-/4-(pyrid-2-yloxy)phenoxy/-propionate derivatives and their use for increasing recoverable sugar contained in sugar cane (4629497)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) 1,2,3-thiadiazol-3-in-5-ylidene-urea derivatives, methods for the production of these compounds as well as compositions containing the same and having growth-regulatory and defoliating activity (4591376)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Lactic acid fermentation products of sunflower seed milk (4563356)  
    TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC. (Tokyo, JP) Enzyme reaction method for isomerization of glucose to fructose (4563425)  
    YAKULT HONSHA K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Novel collagenase "discolysin" and production method thereof (4624924)  
    YAMASA SHOYU K. K. (Choshi, JP) Process for producing 3-deoxyguanosine (4594320)  
1987 79
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Plant protection method (4640836)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-isoleucine by fermentation (4656135)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for the production of L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine esters (4666838)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing a seasoning from cheese whey (4699793)  
    AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Method of detecting mutations in DNA and RNA (4656127)  
    AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Detecting polynucleotide sequences (4716106)  
    AUSTGEN-BIOJET INTERNATIONAL PTY, LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Novel microorganism and method (4681852)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Acetylene compounds, their preparation and their use for regulating plant growth (4671816)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Beta-triazolyl oximes agents containing them for influencing the growth of plants and their use (4684392)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Method of reducing plant growth height using phenylalkylmorpholines (4705553)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Substituted phenylsulphonylureas (4638004)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-Vinyltriazole compounds and plant growth and fungicidal compositions (4647302)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Illuminating device for the optical, particularly image-analytical evaluation of microbiological objects (4665036)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Antibiotic for animal feeds (4670260)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Pure annonin and a process for the preparation thereof (4689232)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Use of substituted malonic acid derivatives as agents for combating pests (4698333)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Azolyl-thioether derivatives as fungicides and plant growth regulators (4699645)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 5-perfluoroacylamino-4-nitro-1-arylpyrazole salts, plant growth regulating and herbicidal composition containing them, and plant growth regulating and herbicidal method of using them (4711658)  
    BIOGEN N.V. (Curacao, AN) DNA sequences, recombinant DNA molecules and processes for producing bovine growth hormone-like polypeptides in high yield (4693973)  
    BIOGEN N.V. (Curacao, AN) Vectors for increased expression of cloned genes (4716112)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Process and reagent for the differentiated determination of isoenzymes of alkaline phosphatase (4681842)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Type II restriction endonuclease MaeI, a process for obtaining it and the use thereof (4693978)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Type II restriction endonuclease Mae II, a process for obtaining it and the use thereof (4693979)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) New type II restriction endonuclease mae III, a process for obtaining it and the use thereof (4693980)  
    BURROUGHS WELLCOME (Research Triangle, NC US) Vaccines for equine influenza (4693893)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Cyclohexenonecarboxylic acid derivatives with herbicidal and plant growth regulating properties (4640706)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Cyclohexanedionecarboxylic acid derivatives with herbicidal and plant growth regulating properties (4693745)  
    COMPANIA ESPANOLA DE PETROLEOS, S.A. (Madrid, ES) Process for producing thermostable alpha-amylases by culturing micro-organisms at elevated temperatures (4642288)  
    CONSORTIUM FUR ELEKTROCHEMISCHE INDUSTRIE GMBH (Munich, DE) S-tetrahydroprotoberberineoxidase, process for producing the same and use thereof (4657861)  
    CONTRAVES AG (Zurich, CH) Cell culture chamber with means for automatic replenishment of nutrient (4680266)  
    DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Osaka, JP) Novel strains of agrobacterium and preparation of cyclic (1.fwdarw.2)-.beta. (4673644)  
    DANSKE SUKKERFABRIKKER AK (Copenhagen, DK) Production of improved protein isolate derived from seeds of a grain legume (4677065)  
    DOX-AL ITALIA S.P.A. (Milan, IT) Process for preparing a stabilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell culture (4677073)  
    DUPHAR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH B.V. (Weesp, NL) Method of preparing adjuvanted live attenuated vaccines and adjuvanted live attenuated vaccines thus obtained (4650677)  
    FARMITALIA CARLO ERBA (Milan, IT) Process for preparing peptides (4668625)  
    FUJIREBIO K. K. (Osaka, JP) Method of measuring biological ligand by the use of enzymes (4692404)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Live infectious bronchitis vaccine for poultry (4645665)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Process for the production of virus vaccine (4659569)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Plant growth regulators (4637828)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for the preparation of 5'-ribonucleotides (4649111)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Plasmid P SVH 1 and its use (4673642)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for treating anestrus in ewes or beef cattle (4673665)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Assay for measuring gene expression (4661443)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Heterocyclic compounds (4636247)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Triazole alkanols having fungicidal and plant growth regulating properties (4655820)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Triazole and imidazole compounds useful as plant growth regulators and fungicides (4684396)  
    Individual inventor(s); CALPIS FOOD INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Sakai City, JP); OJI CORN STARCH CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA coding for a signal peptide and DNA containing the same (4690898)  
    Individual inventor(s); CALPIS FOOD INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) DNA coding for a signal amino acid sequence and DNA containing the same (4663294)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Novel protein and plant-virus disease preventive agents (4701522)  
    JULICH KERNFORSCHUNGSANLAGE GMBH (Julich, DE) Chamber for the treatment of cells in an electric field (4699881)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); MARUBENI K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Promoter derived from chloroplast DNA (4710461)  
    KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Cyclohexane derivatives having plant-growth regulating activities, and uses of these derivatives (4678496)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Preparation of improved bread with gamma-glutamyl transferase (4645672)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Fish growth hormone (4645755)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Fish growth hormone polypeptide (4689402)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Novel vector plasmids (4710471)  
    LABOFINA, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Cloning vectors comprising a restriction site bank and the construction thereof (4657858)  
    MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for promoting fusion of plant protoplast (4677066)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Process for the manufacture of a dairy product (4716045)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Polynucleotide synthesizing apparatus (4671941)  
    NITROK/E/ MIA IPARTELEPEK (Fuzfogyartelep, HU) Etherified 2-hydroxy-ethyl-phosphonic acid derivatives and plant growth regulating agents containing same as active ingredient (4668274)  
    RICHTER GEDEON VEGYESZETI GYAR RT (Budapest, HU) High copy-number plasmid vectors, production and use thereof (4703012)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Pent-2-en-4-on-2-yl 2-(4-(5-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridinyloxy)phenoxy)propanoate useful for increasing recoverable sugar in sugar cane (4661148)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Method of increasing the yield of sugar from sugarcane (4662934)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Pleuromutilin derivatives process for their preparation and their use (4675330)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Method of increasing the yield of sugar from sugarcane (4685960)  
    SCLAVO S.P.A. (Siena, IT) Process for the preparation of L-.alpha.-aminoacids (4666840)  
    SHIN NENRYOYU KAIHATSU GIJUTSU KENKYU KUMIAI (Anjo, JP) Process for the preparation of cellulase (4634670)  
    SOMYCEL (LANGEAIS, FR) Strains of pleurotus (4658083)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Hybrid seed production in common wheat using cytoplasmic male sterility (4680888)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Protease and process for production and use thereof (4650763)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Protease and process for production and use thereof (4704359)  
    TAISHI FOODS COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing new variety of odorless soybeans (4677247)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Soybean milk-containing alcoholic beverages (4656044)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Process for producing a restriction enzyme (4668631)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Promoter plasmid containing the promoter and use thereof in transforming Bacillus (4705750)  
    TANABE SEIYAKU CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for producing L-aspartic acid (4692409)  
    WAKUNAGA KONO K. K. (Osaka, JP) Microorganism of new species of genus Streptomyces and use thereof for production of chitinase (4686185)  
    YOJIGEN AGRI. CORP. (Hyogo, JP) Livestock feed and manufacturing method thereof (4711787)  
1988 88
    A/S ALFRED BENZON (Copenhagen, DK) Stabilized plasmids (4760022)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Gene coded for interleukin-2 polypeptide, recombinant DNA carrying the said gene, a living cell line possessing the recombinant DNA, and method for producing interleukin-2 using the said cell (4738927)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-phenylalanine (4755466)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Plasmid (4778762)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Infectious bronchitis vaccines (4751079)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Combined vaccine for viral and bacterial infections (4788056)  
    ALLELIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mississauga, CA) Process for transferring cytoplasmic elements in Brassica, and products thereof (4751347)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) 6-(3-thienylmethylamino)-purine, its preparation and its use (4718936)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Substituted oxime-ethers and their use as bioregulators to lower the endogenous ethylene level in plants (4744811)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Cyclohexenone derivatives, their manufacture, and their use as agents for regulating plant growth (4744820)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Novel substituted azolylvinyl ketones and carbinols as fungicides and plant growth regulators (4728356)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Halogenated triazolylvinyl keto and carbinol compounds and plant growth regulant and fungicidal compositions (4729783)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating novel substituted 1-hydroxyalkyl-azolyl derivatives (4734126)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-aryl-5-alkoximinoalkylamino-pyrazoles, composition containing them, herbicidal and plant-growth regulating method of using them, and intermediates in the preparation of them (4740231)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-vinyltraiazole compounds and plant growth and fungicidal composition (4743293)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Triazole derivatives (4744817)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-vinyltriazole compounds and plant growth and fungicidal compositions (4749405)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Pure annonin and a process for the preparation thereof (4762716)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 5-dichloroacetamido-4-nitro-1-aryl-pyrazoles, composition containing them, and herbicidal and plant growth regulating method of using them (4764202)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Agent for regulating plant growth (4765823)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 5-azido- or 5-phosphoroimido-1-arylpyrazoles, composition containing them, and herbicidal and plant growth regulating methods of using them (4770688)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 4-cyano(nitro)-5-oxy(thio)-pyrazole derivatives, composition containing them, and herbicidal and plant growth regulating methods of using them (4770692)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Microbiological production of livestock growth-promoting agent (4770876)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 5-acylamino-pyrazole derivatives, composition containing them, and their use as herbicides and plant growth (4772310)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Triazolyl-alkanones or triazolyl-alkanols (4772623)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Triazolyl-alkanones or triazolyl-alkanols (4776877)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Imidazo-pyrrolo-pyridines useful as fungicidal and growth-regulating agents (4785002)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 5-amino-1-phenyl-pyrazole herbicides and plant growth regulators (4787930)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-hydroxyethyl-azole compounds and agricultural compositions (4789672)  
    BEECHAM GROUP LTD. (Brentford, UK) Treatment of fungal infections (4790989)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Restriction endonuclease cleaving palindromic DNA (4746609)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) New strain of Bacillus, a toxin derived thereof and a composition for combating Coleoptera (4766203)  
    CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INST. (Kumamoto, JP) Method for purification of Japanese encephalitis virus (4725546)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Pyrimidine derivatives having a herbicidal action and an action regulating plant growth (4741760)  
    DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Sakai City, JP) 4-oxo pyridinecarboxamide derivatives as plant growth regulators (4744819)  
    DIESSEL, S. GMBH AND CO. (Hildesheim, DE); GBF GESELLSCHAFT FUER BIOTECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH (Brunswick, DE) Cell-culture apparatus (4774187)  
    FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD. (Kanagawa, JP) Method of compensating for offset distortion in rows of electrophoretic patterns (4720786)  
    FUJISAWA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Pyrazoloisoquinoline derivatives, plant growth regulating compositions, and method of use therefor (4751226)  
    GENTECH AUSTRALIA LTD. (South Melbourne, AU) Preparation of plasmid DNA and products thereof (4755464)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Inactivated infectious bronchitis vaccine for poultry (4761282)  
    GODO SHUSEI K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Method for direct saccharification of raw starch using enzyme produced by a basidiomycete belonging to the genus Corticium (4727026)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Crossflow microfiltration process for the separation of biotechnologically produced materials (4751003)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Process and microorganism for degrading steroids (4784953)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) N-alkoxyaminosulfonylureas and N-alkylsulfonylaminosulfonylureas (4718937)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Growth-regulating, fungicidal, and herbicidal cyclohexylimidazole and cyclohexenylimidazole derivatives, compositions, and methods of use therefor (4747868)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) 1-phenylimidazolecarboxylic acid amides and their use as growth regulators (4755213)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) 1,2,5-Substituted imidazole compounds and their use as growth regulators (4764624)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Salts of 1-phenylimidazole-5-carboxylic acids, composition containing them, and their use as growth regulators (4775406)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) 1-phenylimidazole compounds as growth regulators (4786312)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for growing granulosis viruses (4789632)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Recombinant growth hormone releasing factor (4728609)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Recombinant sigma NS protein (4764460)  
    IDEMITSU KOSAN CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Herbicidal and plant growth regulating imidazoline derivatives (4726835)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Benzoylaminomethylpyrazoles and -furans, composition containing them, and fungicidal and plant growth regulating method of using them (4752321)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Vector (4784956)  
    INTERNATIONALE OCTROOI MAATSCHAPPIJ OCTROPA B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Structural genes encoding the various allelic and maturation forms of preprothaumatin, recombinant cloning vehicles comprising said structural genes and expression thereof in transformed microbial host cells (4771000)  
    JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. (Beerse, BE) Method of localizing nucleic acids bound to polyamide supports (4775631)  
    JULICH KERNFORSCHUNGSANLAGE GMBH (Julich, DE) Fermentation process for the production of fructose from aqueous mixtures of fructose and glucose and Zymomonas mobilis mutants which can be used for such fermentation (4742006)  
    JULICH KERNFORSCHUNGSANLAGE GMBH (Julich, DE) Procedure and device for the fusion of cells (4784954)  
    KABIVITRUM AB (Stockholm, SE) Peptide substrates for determination of protease activity (4748116)  
    KAO CORP. (Tokyo, JP); JAPAN HYDRAZINE COMPANY, INC. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulator composition (4732605)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Delivery unit of plant tissue (4769945)  
    KITASATO INSTITUTE (Tokyo, JP) Process for preparation of improved mutant strain of Bordetella bronchiseptica useful for live attenuated vaccine for protection of B. bronchiseptica infection and live attenuated AR vaccine produced therefrom (4770875)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-histidine by fermentation (4725541)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation (4729952)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for the preparation of L-tryptophan (4742007)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-arginine (4775623)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing l-phenylalanine (4783403)  
    LABATT BREWING CO., LTD. (London, CA) Genetically stable allopolyploid somatic fusion product useful in the production of fuel alcohols (4772556)  
    LABOFINA, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Genes conferring on yeasts a resistance to herbicides (4745065)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Livestock feed containing inulo-oligosaccharides and breeding of livestock by using the same (4778680)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gene coding for signal peptides and utilization thereof (4783415)  
    MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing secondary metabolites of plants (4717664)  
    NATIONAL FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE ASSOC. (Tokyo, JP); MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Feeding method in breeding sows (4788065)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Soft, unripened cheese (4732769)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Preparation of a casein-based puffed product (4744993)  
    NITROK/E/ MIA IPARTELEPEK (Fuzfogyartelep, HU) 2-chloro-ethyl phosphonic acid esters and plant growth regulating agents containing same as active ingredient (4776874)  
    NORSK HYDRO A.S. (Oslo, NO) Preparation of the enzyme beta-glucanase by fermentation of fungi (4742008)  
    PHARMACIA BIOTECH INC. (Milwaukee, WI US) Six base oligonucleotide linkers and methods for their use (4719179)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Inocula of low water activity with improved resistance to temperature and rehydration, and preparation thereof (4755468)  
    RICHTER GEDEON VEGYESZETI GYAR RT (Budapest, HU) Process for the promotion of regeneration of plants from tissue cultures (4784957)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR) Supports useful in solid phase synthesis of oligonucleotides (4780504)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Geometrical isomer of 1-substituted-1-triazolystyrenes (4749716)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Composition for regulating plant growth (4755214)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Process for producing restriction enzyme (4724209)  
    TEIJIN LTD. (Osaka, JP) Plant growth promoter and method of plant growth promotion (4772314)  
    TEIJIN LTD. (Osaka, JP) Double-stranded DNA having sequences complementary to a single-stranded DNA and derived from mungbean yellow mosaic virus (4789636)  
    TOYO JOZO CO., LTD. (Shizuoka, JP) Thermostable bilirubin oxidase and production process thereof (4770997)  
1989 95
    A/S ALFRED BENZON (Copenhagen, DK) Plasmids with conditional uncontrolled replication behavior (4806471)  
    A/S DE DANSKE SPRITFABRIKKER (Copenhagen, DK) Post-transcriptional heme regulated heterologous gene expression in yeast using the leg hemoglobin leader sequence (4849348)  
    A/S DE DANSKE SPRITFABRIKKER (Copenhagen, DK) Method for the expression of genes in plants, parts of plants, and plant cell cultures, and DNA fragments, plasmids, and transformed microorganisms to be used when carrying out the method, as well as the use thereof for the expression of genes in plants (4886753)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Inoculant composition for plants (4849005)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Transducible composite plasmid (4822738)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Coryneform bacteria carrying recombinant plasmids and their use in the fermentative production of L-lysine (4861722)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-tryptophan (4885245)  
    ALLELIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mississauga, CA) Aspergillus niger transformation system (4885249)  
    ANTIBIOTICOS, S.A. (Madrid, ES) Novel E. coli hybrid plasmid vector conferring sucrose fermenting capacity (4806480)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Cyclohexenone derivatives useful for regulating plant growth (4820331)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) 1,3-dioxan-5-ylalkyltriazoles, their use for regulating plant growth, and agents for this purpose (4822400)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Herbicidal tetrahydro(thio)pyran-2,4-dione derivatives (4842638)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Influencing the development of crops with 7-chloroquinoline-8-carboxylic acids (4857103)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Cyclohexenone derivatives, preparation thereof and use thereof as herbicidal and plant growth regulator agents (4867784)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Preparation of coniferylaldehyde by a microorganism (4874701)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 5-Fluoroacylamino-4-nitro-1-aryl-pyrazoles (4808209)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Novel 1-aryl-4-nitro-pyrazole herbicides and plant growth regulators, compositions and use (4810283)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Substituted 1-arylpyrazoles, compositions and use (4812165)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Pyri(mi)dyl-oxy-and -thio-benzoic acid derivatives useful as herbicides and plant growth regulants (4871387)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-hydroxyethyl-azole compounds and agricultural compositions (4871390)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Substituted azolylcyclopropyl-azolylmethyl-carbinol derivatives (4875928)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant-growth regulating azolyl ether ketones and alcohols (4878939)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating azolyl-tetrahydropyran derivatives (4888048)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Restriction endonuclease Dra II (4840901)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Strains of Bacillus toxic to Coleoptera (4851340)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Restriction endonucleas DRA III (4863858)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Type II restriction endonuclease Dsa I with process for obtaining it and the use thereof (4871664)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Protein tokin from bacillus thiringiensis which is toxic to coleoptera (4889918)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Cyclohexenonecarboxylic acid derivatives with herbicidal and plant growth regulating properties (4797152)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) N-phenyl-maleimides and herbicidal and plant growth regulating methods of use thereof (4804400)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) 2-arylmethyliminopyrazines pyrazines, compositions and method of combating undesirable plant growth and of regulating plant growth (4849009)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Method of combating undesirable plant growth and of regulating plant growth (4851028)  
    DAINIPPON PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD. (Osaka, JP); TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Novel restriction endonuclease SplI and process for the production of the same (4886756)  
    DALGETY U.K. LTD. (London, UK) Repellent compositions (4818535)  
    DENTAL KAGAKU K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Apatite immobilized glucanase (4812404)  
    DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Rehovot, IL) Methods of producing herbicide resistant plant varieties and plants produced thereby (4795705)  
    ENICHEM S.P.A. (Milan, IT) Oxidized sulfur derivatives of diaminophosphinyl compounds as urease inhibitors (4824783)  
    FRANKFURT PATENTVERWERTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Individual inventor(s) Bioregulator based on plant raw materials and method for producing same (4872900)  
    FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD. (Kanagawa, JP) Autoradiographic gene-screening method (4865967)  
    GEORGE WESTON LTD. (Toronto, CA) Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation (4808526)  
    GEORGE WESTON LTD. (Toronto, CA) Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation (4808527)  
    GEORGE WESTON LTD. (Toronto, CA) Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation (4812410)  
    GEORGE WESTON LTD. (Toronto, CA) Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation (4816399)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Cloning system for Kluyveromyces species (4859596)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) 2,3,6-substituted phenylimidazole derivatives and the use thereof as growth regulators (4808213)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Bacteriolytic enzyme product from streptomyces, a process for its preparation, and a strain suitable for this purpose (4828998)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Streptomycetes plasmid PSG5, a process for obtaining it, and its use (4880746)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Pigments of the quinacridonequinone series, processes for their preparation and their use (4881980)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Heterocyclic compounds (4871389)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Pyrimidine derivatives (4875922)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Chemical compounds (4877811)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Ethers on esters of 1-triazole-2-substituted ethanols (4880457)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR); FRANCE MINISTERE DE L'AGRICULTURE VETERINAIRES LABORATOIRE NATIONAL (Ploufragan, FR) Method for the culture of the TRT/SHS virus, and vaccine therefrom, especially for the treatment of turkeys (4810493)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing menaquinone-4 (4849354)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Fish growth hormone polypeptide (4849359)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Promoter (4868125)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing tryptophan (4874698)  
    LION CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Alkaline proteases and microorganisms producing same (4797362)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulating composition (4799950)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Expression vectors encoding cardionatrin and cardiodilatin (4851349)  
    MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of culturing protoplasts (4880744)  
    MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) Isoxazoline derivatives and plant growth regulators (4889551)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Preparation of a blue cheese flavour (4832964)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Preparation of compositions including acid-resistant bifidobacteria (4870020)  
    NIPPON KAYAKU K. K. (Osaka, JP) Indoleacetic acid derivatives and application thereof as plant growth regulators (4806143)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP); MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing acrylamide using a microorganism (4851342)  
    PFEIFER AND LANGEN (Cologne, DE) Cell culture microcarrier, method for preparing same and use thereof for cultivating anchorage-dependent cells (4824946)  
    PLANT BIOTECH INDUSTRIES LTD. (Mobile Post Ashrat, IL) Process for plant tissue culture propagation (4855236)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Agents and procedures for the transfer of proteins and/or nucleic acids onto a supported receptor surface (4839231)  
    REANAL FINOMVEGYSZERGYAR (Budapest, HU) Succinic acid derivatives and plant growth regulating compositions containing them (4846883)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Haloarylnitrile degrading gene, its use, and cells containing the gene (4810648)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Low-water-activity inocula for biological control (4886664)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR) Supports and their use (4812512)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Insecticidal hybrid bacteria from b.t. kurstaki and b.t. tenebrionis (4797279)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) 1,3,5-Triazine-2-one derivatives and their use as plant growth regulators (4826526)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) (6,7-)dihydro-(1,2,4) triazolo (1,5-A) (1,3,5) Triazine-2-sulphonamides, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (4859231)  
    SHIMADZU CORP. (Sapporo, JP) Apparatus for fusing cells (4804450)  
    SHIONOGI AND CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA encoding flagellin and vector having the same (4886748)  
    SHIONOGI AND CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); NISSHIN FLOUR MILLING CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Vaccines for fowl colibacillosis (4837018)  
    SOLVAY AND CIE, S.A. (Brussels, BE) DNA encoding an antigenic protein derived from Eimeria tenella and vaccines for prevention of coccidiosis caused by Eimeria tenella (4874705)  
    SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Osaka, JP) Cell culture incubator (4871676)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Glucoamylase gene of rhizopus oryzae (4863864)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) New restriction enzyme and process for producing the same (4808531)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) New restriction enzyme and process for producing the same (4833082)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Enzyme composition (4868115)  
    TECHNICA ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH KG (Ratzeburg, DE) Carbonic acid application to plants (4835903)  
    TECHNICON RESEARCH A.G. (Chur, CH) Detection and/or identification of microorganisms in a test sample using bioluminescence or other exogenous genetically-introduced marker (4861709)  
    TEIJIN LTD. (Osaka, JP) Plant growth promoter and method of plant growth promotion (4846877)  
    TEIJIN LTD. (Osaka, JP) Double-stranded DNA having sequences complementary to a single-stranded DNA and derived from a bean golden mosaic virus (4855237)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Method and compositions for the control of coccidiosis in poultry (4863731)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Substitute milk fat compositions (4876107)  
    WAKAMOTO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Gene coding for thermostable beta-galactosidase, bacillus subtilis having the gene, enzyme coded by the gene and a process for the production thereof (4861718)  
    WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for determining superoxide dismutase activity (4801538)  
    YAKULT HONSHA K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Chimeric plasmids (4876202)  
    YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Rehovot, IL) Production of hybrid cucumber seeds (4822949)  
1990 116
    ABI BIOTECHNOLOGY INC. (Winnipeg, CA) Alpha-amylase inhibitor (4910297)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Preparation of strains of Bacillus thuringiensis having an improved activity against certain lepidopterous pests and novel strain produced thereby (4935353)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Recombinant DNA, bacteria carrying said recombinant DNA and a process for producing L-threonine or L-isoleucine using said bacteria (4946781)  
    ALLELIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mississauga, CA) Shuttle vectors from rhodococcus equi (4920054)  
    AMANO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD (Nagoya City, JP) Novel .alpha.-1,6-glucosidase and process for producing the same (4902622)  
    ANTIBIOTICOS, S.A. (Madrid, ES) Vectors and method of penicillium chrysogenum transformation (4959327)  
    ASAHI DENKA KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing oleaginous composition (4956287)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Preparation of mesophilic microorganisms which contain a D-hydantoinase which is active at elevated temperature (4912044)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Agents for influencing plant growth (4923503)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Agents for regulating plant growth (4936906)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Agents for reducing transpiration of plants (4943315)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Azetidine derivative and their use for regulating plant growth (4944789)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Agents for regulating plant growth (4948415)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Triazole compounds and methods for regulating plant growth (4969950)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-hydroxyethyl-azole compounds and agricultural compositions (4897107)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating novel substituted 1-hydroxyalkyl-azolyl derivatives (4904296)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-Hydroxyethyl-azole compounds and agricultural compositions (4904298)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-hydroxyethyl-azole compounds and agricultural compositions (4911746)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Triazolyl alkanones or triazolyl-alkanols (4912122)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating azolylmethyl-cyclopropyl derivatives (4913727)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant-growth regulating azolyl ether ketones and alcohols (4917720)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 2-Hydroxyethyl-azole derivatives (4921529)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating hydroxyalkyl-azolyl derivatives (4925482)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Efomycin G and it's use as yield promoter in animals (4927810)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Substituted azolylmethylcarbinols (4935049)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) 1-arylpyrazoles, compositions and use (4936892)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Plant growth-regulating azolyl spiro compounds (4936907)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating hydroxyethyl-azolyl derivatives (4938791)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Hydroxyalkyl-azolyl derivatives as fungicides and plant growth regulators (4960453)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating novel substituted 1-hydroxyalkyl-azolyl derivatives (4960456)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Herbicidal and plant growth-regulating substituted phenoxyphenylsulphonylazoles, compositions and use (4969948)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Method for the determination of protease inhibitors (4918001)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) DNA for the repressible and inducible expression of foreign genes (4963482)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Class II restriction endonuclease Ksp632I, a process for obtaining it and the use thereof (4970149)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Plasmids, genes and DNA expressing a bacillus thuringiensis protein toxic to coleoptera and bacteria transformed thereby (4973676)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Class II restriction endonuclease KspI and a process for obtaining it (4975376)  
    CELLTECH LTD. (Slough, UK) DNA sequence (4898823)  
    CELLTECH LTD. (Slough, UK) Eucaryotic expression vectors (4925791)  
    CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INST. (Kumamoto, JP) Live vaccine for contagious diseases of chickens (4980162)  
    CHINOIN GYOGYSZER-ES VEGYESZETI TERMEKEK GYARA RT (Budapest, HU) Fungicides and plant-growth controlling agents (4954495)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Acylcyclohexanediones and the oxime ethers thereof with herbicidal and plant growth regulating properties (4909835)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) N-phenyl-maleimides and N-phenyl-succinimides and their use in a herbicidal and/or plant growth regulating action (4929272)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) 5-(pyrazol-1-yl)-benzoic acid thiol esters, plant growth regulating compositions and use (4946492)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Deoxyribonucleic acid segment from a virus (4968615)  
    DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Sakai City, JP) Pyridine-3-carboxamides having plant growth regulating properties (4946497)  
    DELTA BIOTECHNOLOGY LTD. (Nottingham, UK) Process for the genetic modification of yeast (4937193)  
    DFC NEW ZEALAND LTD. (Wellington, NZ) Apparatus for effecting or improving pollination of plants (4922651)  
    FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD. (Kanagawa, JP) Signal processing method for determining base sequence of nucleic acid (4941092)  
    FUJISAWA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) (22R,23R,24S)-22,23-epoxy-2.alpha.3.alpha.-isopropylidenedioxy-B-homo-7-oxa-5.alpha.-stigmastan-6-one and plant growth regulating method containing the same (4959093)  
    FUJISAWA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP); NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for regulating plant growth (4957537)  
    GREEN CROSS CORP. (Kanagawa, JP) Yeast promoter and process for preparing heterologous protein (4945046)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Chamber plate for use in cell fusion and a process for production thereof (4894343)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Phenylpyrazolecarboxylic acid derivatives, their preparation, and their use as plant-growth regulators and safeners (4891057)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Promoter arrangement for streptomycetes vectors (4918007)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Gentamicin-resistance genes and their use as markers (4918015)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Heterocyclically substituted N-sultamsulfonamides, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (4925480)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Heterocyclic-substituted phenylsulfamates, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (4963180)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Color marker in streptomycetes plasmids (4963496)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Color marker for clonings in Streptomyces lividans (4965207)  
    HOKKAIDO NISSIN K. K. (Okayama, JP) Soybean protein clotting enzyme produced by microorganism FERM BP-1778 (4929453)  
    IDEMITSU KOSAN CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for the preparation of sorbic acid by oxidizing 2,4-hexadienal with a microorganism (4916067)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Production of cyanide hydratase (4894341)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Heterocyclic compounds (4895589)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Amide derivatives and their use as fungicides and plant growth regulators (4900349)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Pyrimidine derivatives (4902332)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Triazolyl ethanol derivatives as plant growth regulators (4923502)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Process for the production of microbial cellulose (4929550)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Triazole derivatives useful as plant growth regulating agents (4931082)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Triazole and imidazole compounds (4946493)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Pyrazine compound useful as plant growth regulators (4975112)  
    Individual inventor(s); DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Sakai City, JP); CALPIS FOOD INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); OJI CORN STARCH CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for preparing oligopeptide (4935351)  
    ION TECH LTD. (Middlesex, UK) Cell culture apparatus (4968623)  
    JAPAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES (Tokyo, JP); KIKKOMAN CORP. (Chiba, JP) Somatic hybrids of Rutaceae plants (4940836)  
    JAPAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES (Tokyo, JP); NIKKEN CHEMICALS CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Novel auerobasidium sp. microorganisms, method for obtaining the same and method for preparing erythritol with the same (4939091)  
    JULICH KERNFORSCHUNGSANLAGE GMBH (Julich, DE) Magnetic device for the fusion of cells (4971910)  
    KAO CORP. (Tokyo, JP) DNA fragments containing alkaline cellulase gene, recombinant plasmids with said DNA fragments inserted therein, and recombinant microorganisms (4904599)  
    KIKKOMAN CORP. (Chiba, JP) Luciferase gene and novel recombinant DNA as well as a method of producing luciferase (4968613)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA strand coding for .alpha.-acetolactate decarboxylase and yeast transformed with the DNA strand (4895802)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Cell culturing apparatus (4966853)  
    KRKA, TOVARNA ZDRAVIL, N.SOL.O. (Ljubljana, YU) Process for the isolation of chicken egg cystatin, antiviral agents containing it and its use as viral protease inhibitor (4902509)  
    KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulating composition and method for regulating growth of a plant (4954157)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Eel growth hormone (4894362)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing phenylananine (4908312)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L(-)-tetrahydrofolic acid (4929551)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Method of proliferating vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (4945059)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-lysine (4954441)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP); NITTO KAGAKU KOGYO K. K. (Noda, JP) Method for preservation of nitrile hydration activity (4931391)  
    MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) Isoxazoline derivatives and plant growth regulators (4906277)  
    MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for separating single-chain TPA and double-chain from each other (4978620)  
    MORINAGA AND CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Bacillus subtilis strain and prevention of aflatoxin contamination in cereals and nuts (4931398)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Acidified milk product of creamy consistency and process for making (4965079)  
    NIPPON KAYAKU K. K. (Osaka, JP); TAMA BIOCHEMICAL CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Brassinosteroid derivatives and plant growth regulators (4961775)  
    NIPPON ZOKI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Novel dipeptide useful as a plant growth regulator (4908353)  
    NITTO KAGAKU KOGYO K. K. (Noda, JP) Process for producing amides by use of microoganisms (4908313)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Starch liquefaction with alpha amylase mixtures (4933279)  
    OHGEN RESEARCH LAB., LTD. (Ishikawa, JP) Antitumor protein gene of streptococcus pyogenes Su, plasmids containing the gene, transformant cells harboring the plasmids, and process for producing the antitumor protein (4929547)  
    PERNOD-RICARD (Paris, FR) Process for the microbiological production of gamma (R) decanolide and gamma (R) octanolide (4950607)  
    PFEIFER AND LANGEN (Cologne, DE) Cell culture microcarrier, method for preparing same and use thereof for cultivating anchorage-dependent cells (4910142)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Process for increasing rice crop yield (4932995)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) 6,7-dihydro-pyrazolo (1,5-A)(1,3,5)triazine-2-sulphonamides, processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (4892576)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Process for the preparation of festuclavine (4939089)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Cyclohexenecarboxylic acid derivatives as plant growth regulants (4943310)  
    SHOWA DENKO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Process for production of isomaltulose (4898820)  
    SHOWA DENKO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Process for production of tocopherols (4978617)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Plant male sterilant (4915727)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Gene for corn phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (4970160)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Plant male sterilant (4976775)  
    SVENSKA SOCKERFABRIKS AB (Karlshamn, SE) Method of controlling the regioselectivity of glycosidic bonds (4918009)  
    TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Peptide serine protease inhibitor (4963654)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Novel strains and their cultivation (4940837)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Expression vector for animal cell line and use thereof (4935352)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) DNA sequences encoding the various allelic forms of mature thaumatin, and cloning vehicles, etc. (4891316)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Structural genes encoding the various allelic and maturation forms of preprothaumatin recombinant cloning vehicles, comprising said structural genes and expression thereof in transformed microbial host cells (4966842)  
    VALIO MEIJERIEN KESKUSOSUUSLIIKE (Helsinki, FI) Vector plasmid suited for souring agents, dairy souring agents in particular (4977088)  
    YAKULT HONSHA K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing oligosaccharide (4957860)  
    YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Rehovot, IL) Method of producing herbicide resistant plant varieties and plants produced thereby (4900676)  
1991 106
    ABI BIOTECHNOLOGY INC. (Winnipeg, CA) Sprout-damaged wheat flour containing barley alpha-amylase inhibitor (5047257)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Preparations of protease enzymes derived from entomopathogenic fungi (4987077)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Non-radioactive nucleic acid hybridization probes (4996142)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Antibiotic derived from B. subtilis (5061495)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Preparation of strains of Bacillus thuringiensis having an improved activity against certain lepidopterous pests and novel strain produced thereby (5063055)  
    AGRO ELEMENTS (Toronto, CA) Crop growth promotion (5017374)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for recovering L-amino acids from fermentation liquors containing them (4997754)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Coryneform bacteria carrying recombinant DNA and process for producing an aromatic amino acid by using the same (5017481)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-tryptophan by fermentation (5034318)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for regulating the flowering of plants and flowering regulators of plants (5069707)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for the production of L-threonine by fermentation (5077207)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Bacteriophage cloning system for the construction of directional DNA libraries (4987073)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Live combination vaccine (5037650)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Mycoplasma vaccine (5064647)  
    ALKO LTD. (Helsinki, FI) Construction of new .alpha.-galactosidase producing yeast strains and the industrial application of these strains (5055401)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Microorganism for preparation of coniferylaldehyde (4981795)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Use of diphenyl ether derivatives for the desiccation and abscission of plant organs (4999041)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Method for reducing stress in piglets pigs and poultry (5006558)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Cyclohexenone compounds and use as herbicides or as plant growth regulators (5009702)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Use of derivatives of n-phenyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimide for the desiccation and abscission of plant organs (5045105)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating hydroxyalkylazolyl derivatives (4983208)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating cyclopropyl-hydroxyethyl-azolyl-derivatives (4988383)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) N-aryl-substituted nitrogen-containing heterocycles, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5006148)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Fungicidal and plant growth-regulating azolylmethyl-cyclopropyl derivatives (5034052)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Herbicidal and plant growth-regulating substituted N-aryl nitrogen heterocycles (5039334)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Herbicidal and plant growth-regulating N-aryl-pyrrol-L-one and isoindol-2-one compounds (5045108)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Substituted triazolinone herbicides and plant growth regulators (5061311)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Efomycins as performance promoters in animals (5073369)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Herbicidal and plant growth-regulating 6-(pent-3-yl)-1,2,4-triazin-5(4H)-ones (5076833)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Method for the determination of the activity of serine proteases or serine protease inhibitors (5057414)  
    BIOMEDICA FOSCAMA INDUSTRIA CHIMICO-FARMACEUTICA S.P.A. (Rome, IT) Use of fructose-1,6-diphosphate in botany as germination and plant growth promoter (5039330)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Method and kit for purifying nucleic acids (4997932)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Plasmids for the increased production of penicillin G amidase (5053335)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Process for the preparation of a microorganism which forms .alpha.-galactosidase but not invertase, a microorganism thus obtained, and its use (5061625)  
    CELLTECH LTD. (Slough, UK) DNA vectors and their use in recombinant DNA technology (5015573)  
    CELLTECH LTD. (Slough, UK) Precursor polypeptide, DNA sequence coding therefor, vectors host organisms, and processes involving same (5028533)  
    CHINOIN GYOGYSZER-ES VEGYESZETI TERMEKEK GYARA RT (Budapest, HU) Fungicides and plant-growth controlling agents (4983207)  
    CHIRON CORP. (Emeryville, CA US); GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) DNA constructs containing a Kluyveromyces alpha factor leader sequence for directing secretion of heterologous polypeptides (5010182)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Cloning of complementary DNA encoding maize nitrite reductase (4997930)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Propagation process employing agarose medium (4999299)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Method of protecting useful plants from diseases caused by soil-borne and seed-borne pathogens by treating seeds with cultures of microorganisms (5041290)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US); PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. (University Park, PA US) Herbicidal tolerant plants containing rat glutathione S-transferase gene (5073677)  
    CULTOR LTD. (Helsinki, FI) Enzyme product and method of improving the properties of dough and the quality of bread (4990343)  
    DAI-ICHI KOGYO SEIYAKU CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Oxyalkylated quaternary ammonium compounds and plant growth regulating compositions containing said compounds (5076828)  
    DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Osaka, JP) Method for the prevention of fusarium diseases and microorganisms used for the same (4988586)  
    DAINIPPON PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD. (Osaka, JP) DNA encoding rabbit TNE, vector having said DNA inserted thereinto, host transformed with said vector, rabbit TNF polypeptide, and process for production thereof (5043271)  
    DNA PLANT TECHNOLOGY (Oakland, CA US); FIRMENICH SA (Geneva, CH) Somaclonal variants of Nicotiana glutinosa (5012040)  
    ENICHEM S.P.A. (Milan, IT) Cloning vector, molecules of recombinant DNA, bacillus subtilis strains transformed with the said molecules and methods for the expression of heterologous genes and the production and secretion of proteins coded by the said genes (5021340)  
    FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD. (Kanagawa, JP) Method for analyzing autoradiograph for determining base sequence of nucleic acid (4982326)  
    GENESIT OY (Helsinki, FI); ALKO OY AB (Helsinki, FI) Recombinant DNA-molecules and method for protein production (5010015)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Production of glucose syrups and purified starches from wheat and other cereal starches containing pentosans (5023176)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Hybrid plasmids having a streptomycetes replicon and an escherichia coli replicon (4992371)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Alkyl- and alkenylsulfonylureas which are substituted in the heterocycle, and their use as herbicides or plant growth regulators (5015284)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Substituted sulfonyldiamides, processes for their preparation, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5022916)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Sulfonylureas with heterocyclic substituents, and the use thereof as herbicides or plant-growth regulators (5030270)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Heterocyclic N-acylsulfonamides, and their use as herbicides or growth regulators (5053072)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Heterocyclically substituted n-sultamsulfonamides (5073185)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Phosphinothricin-resistance gene (5077399)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Process for isolating nucleic acids utilizing protease digestion (5063162)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Triazolylmethyl tert-butyl carbinol derivatives which have plant growth regulating properties (4999043)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Pyrimidine derivatives (5026418)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Triazole alkanols including an alkenyl substituent having fungicidal and plant growth regulating properties (5026718)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Thiophene derivatives useful as fungicidal, insecticidal or plant growth regulating agents (5053073)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis strains with activity against lepidoptera (5061489)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Pyramidine derivatives (5073187)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Tomato anti-sense pectin esterase (5073676)  
    JAPAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES (Tokyo, JP); NIKKEN CHEMICALS CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Novel Aureobasidium sp. microorganisms and method for obtaining the same, and method for preparing erythritol with the same (5036011)  
    KAO CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Alkaline cellulase and process for producing the same (5045464)  
    KINGROUP INC. (Chatham, CA) Method of producing plant cell lines and plant hybrids (5043282)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Artificial seed comprising a sustained-release sugar granule (5010685)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA strand coding for alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase and yeast transformed with the DNA strand (5043276)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Bioreactor (5057428)  
    KOMATSU SESAKUSHO K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Breeding apparatus (5049505)  
    KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulating composition and method for regulating growth of a plant (5015283)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for renaturing fish growth hormone (4985544)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-threonine by fermentation (4996147)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-arginine (5017482)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-threonine (5017483)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-arginine (5034319)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Method for propagation of potatoes (5034327)  
    LABOFINA, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Promoters for the expression of foreign genes in yeast, plasmids comprising them, and use thereof for the production of polypeptides (4990446)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for the preparation of inulase (4990451)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for improving quality of fruit (4993185)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Compound having insecticidal activity and insecticide composition containing the same (5026547)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Cell culture microcarriers (5006467)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP); AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Feed additive for ruminants (4996067)  
    MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of regulating expression of a foreign gene by controlling culture temperature and a process of producing a foreign gene product thereby (5043277)  
    MIWON CO., LTD. (Seoul, KR) Method for production of L-phenylalanine by recombinant E. coli (5008190)  
    MIWON CO., LTD. (Seoul, KR) Method for production of L-phenylalanine by recombinant E. coli ATCC 67460 (5030567)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL); RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN (Leiden, NL) Recombinant DNA: transformed microorganisms, plant cells and plants: a process for introducing an inducible property in plants, and a process for producing a polypeptide or protein by means of plants or plant cells (5057422)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Process for cultivating plant cells in vitro (5030573)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Preparation of a hypoallergenic whey protein hydrolyzate and food (5039532)  
    NIPPON MINING CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method to improve mRNA translation and use thereof for production of platelet factor-4 (5026639)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); U.S. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (Tokyo, JP); TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE (Tokyo, JP) Recombinant vaccinia virus expressing E-protein of Japanese encephalitis virus (5021347)  
    NORSK HYDRO A.S. (Oslo, NO) Method for preparing enzymes from crustaceans (5061627)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Expression system with trans-acting DNA segments (5036002)  
    OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Device for electrofusion of cells (5007995)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Process for regenerating sunflowers by embryogenesis (5017491)  
    RIKAGAKU KENKYUSHO (Wako, JP); SHINKO-PFAUDLER COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Fluidized bed cell culture apparatus with a drain valve for the removal of support material (5043283)  
    SHIMADZU CORP. (Sapporo, JP) DNA probes for detecting salmonella and a method for detecting salmonella therewith (5043264)  
    SOLVAY AND CIE, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Antigenic proteins and vaccines containing them for prevention of coccidiosis caused by eimeria Eimeria necatrix and Eimeria tenella (5028694)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) RNA polymerase gene, microorganism having said gene and the production of RNA polymerase by the use of said microorganism (5026645)  
    TOA NENRYO KOGYO CO. (Tochigi, JP) DNA coding for antigen protein of rinderpest virus (5003058)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Production method for PvuI restriction endonuclease (5049501)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Protection (5006341)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Process for preparing L-rhamnose (5077206)  
1992 105
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Method of preparing coated seeds (5106648)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Modification of plant viruses or their effects (5175102)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing 5'-inosinic acid by fermentation (5164306)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-amino acids by fermentation (5164307)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Bacterial strain of Escherichia coli BKIIM B-3996 as the producer of L-threonine (5175107)  
    ALLELIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mississauga, CA) Recombinant DNA system for Aspergillus (5171672)  
    ASAHI KASEI KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Plasmid containing a gene for tetracycline resistance and DNA fragments derived therefrom (5158891)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Derivatives of 1-hydroxy-1,2,4-triazole and fungicides and growth regulators containing them (5081142)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Trichoderma fungus and fungicide containing it (5084272)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) 1-halovinylazoles and fungicides and growth regulators containing these (5084471)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Carboxylic acid derivatives (5085685)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Cyclohexenone compounds and their use as herbicides or plant growth regulators (5085689)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Salicyclic acid derivatives and their use as herbicides and bioregulators (5100458)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Oxalic acid derivatives and plant growth regulators containing them (5163992)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Pyruvate oxidase mutants, DNA expressing pyruvate oxidase and methods of use thereof (5096821)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Type II restriction endonuclease RleAI (5134067)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Type II restriction endonucleae MCRI (5134068)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Type II restriction endonuclease SgrAI (5134069)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Type II restriction endonuclease MamI (5153122)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Pyruvate oxidase mutants, DNA expressing pyruvate oxidase and methods of use thereof (5153138)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Type II restriction endonuclease SwaI (5158878)  
    BRITISH BIO-TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Oxford, UK) Gene synthesis (5158877)  
    BURROUGHS WELLCOME (Research Triangle, NC US) Baculovirus vectors and methods of use (5147788)  
    CANGENE CORP. (Mississauga, CA) Enhanced nucleic acid amplification process (5130238)  
    CELLTECH LTD. (Slough, UK); UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Glasgow, UK) Method for dominant selection in eucaryotic cells (5122464)  
    CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INST. (Kumamoto, JP) Recombinant Marek's disease virus and process for preparing the same (5171677)  
    CHISSO CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Variant aequorin genes and process for producing variant aequorin proteins (5093240)  
    CHISSO CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing apoaequorin (5139937)  
    CONSORTIUM FUR ELEKTROCHEMISCHE INDUSTRIE GMBH (Munich, DE) .gamma.-glutamylcysteine transferase (5116749)  
    CULTOR LTD. (Helsinki, FI) Method using immobilized yeast to produce ethanol and alcoholic beverages (5079011)  
    DAIICHI SEIYAKU CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method of producing substances in living silkworms (5118616)  
    DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Plasmids from corynebacterium glutamicum and plasmid vectors derived therefrom (5175108)  
    DUPHAR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH B.V. (Weesp, NL) Live newcastle disease virus vaccines (5149530)  
    EPPENDORF-NETHELER-HINZ GMBH (Hamburg, DE) Process of effecting a microinjection into living cells (5114854)  
    FUJISAWA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Hybrid plasmids and microorganisms containing them (5132218)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Infectious bronchitis vaccine for poultry (RE34013)  
    HARIMA CHEMICALS, INC. (Kakogawa, JP) Method of producing potato cyst nematode hatching stimulus (5107066)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Production of substances with an acetic acid-producing and assimilating bacterium inhibited by acetic acid (5139938)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Apparatus containing a septum which impedes cell permeation for cell culture and method of use (5151362)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Culturing method, system and apparatus for cell culture (5166067)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Heterocyclically substituted phenoxysulfonylureas, and the use thereof as herbicides or plant growth regulators (5102443)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Heterocyclic 2-alkoxyphenoxysulfonylureas and the use thereof as herbicides or plant growth regulators (5104443)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Heterocyclically substituted sulfonylureas, and their use as herbicides or plant growth regulators (5129941)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for producing transaminase from E. coli ATCC 33849 (5130246)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Transaminase from E. coli DH-1 (ATCC 33849) (5162212)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Method and apparatus for cell culture (5081036)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Biosynthesis of 2 keto-L-gulonic acid (5082785)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Structure-independent DNA amplification by the polymerase chain reaction (5142033)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Derivatives of alphaphenylacrylic acid and their use in agriculture (5145954)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Micropropagation process (5168059)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Gene encoding aqualysin I, recombinant vector containing the same and process of producing aqualysin I (5124261)  
    KANEGAFUCHI KAGAKU KOGYO K. K. (Osaka, JP) Gene capable of enhancing S-adenosyl-L-methionine accumulation and process for producing S-adenosyl-L-methionine using the same (5100786)  
    KANZAKI PAPER MFG. CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Enzyme electrode for measuring malto-oligosaccharide (5081037)  
    KIBUN K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Restriction enzyme inhibitor (5165933)  
    KOBE SEIKO SHO K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing pulp by treatment using a microorganism, and its related enzymes (5081027)  
    KOBE SEIKO SHO K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Enzymes employed for producing pulps (5149648)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing D-alpha-alanine and/or L-alpha-alanineamide by Arthrobacter sp (5130240)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for the production of .gamma.-glutamyl transpeptidase (5153120)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulating composition (5116406)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Multi-layered porous hollow fiber membrane for use in cell culture (5149649)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-threonine, and plasmid and microorganism employed in the same (5153123)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Cell culture carriers (5173421)  
    MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for electroporation (5124259)  
    MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of regulating expression of a foreign gene by controlling the sugar concentration in a medium and a process of producing a foreign product thereby (5139935)  
    MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of culturing protoplasts (5166068)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Process for the preservation of plant embryos (5138793)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Flavoring composition (5139810)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Process for producing soya sauce (5141756)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Flavouring agent (5141757)  
    NISSHIN SEITO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Restriction enzyme AgeI and process for producing same (5120651)  
    NITTO BOSEKI CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Tripeptide derivatives and protease inhibitor composition comprising the same (5153176)  
    ORION CORP. LTD. (Helsinki, FI) Apparatus, for amplification of nucleic acids (5133940)  
    ORSAN (Paris, FR) High-lysine corn (5082993)  
    PANIMOLABORATORIO - BRYGGERILABORATORIUM OY AB (Helsinki, FI) Process for accelerated beer production by integrative expression in the PGK1 or ADC1 genes (5108925)  
    PERMX B.V. (Wageningen, NL) Method for aseptically rooting of in-vitro propagated material for the horti- and agriculture (5155932)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) Bacteriocin from Lactococcus lactis subspecies lactis (5173297)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) Process for stereoselectively hydrolyzing, transesterifying or esterifying with immobilized isozyme of lipase from Candida rugosa (5108916)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Synergistic plant growth regulator compositions (5123951)  
    RICHTER GEDEON VEGYESZETI GYAR RT (Budapest, HU) Expression vectors and method for their construction (5160489)  
    ROHM GMBH (Darmstadt, DE) Method for making a sedimentation resistant stable enzyme dispersion (5169771)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Eclosion hormone peptides (5082828)  
    SAN-IN KENSETSU KOGYO K.K. (Tokyo, JP) Anti-microbial and anti-nematode composition, and chitinolytic microorganism for producing the same (5139949)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Substituted pyrimidinyloxy(thio)- and triazinyloxy (thio)acrylic acid derivatives, processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides, fungicides and plant growth regulators (5089044)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) 2-triazinylacetics acid derivatives, and their use as herbicides, fungicides and plant growth regulators (5098465)  
    SEIKAGAKU KOGYO CO., LTD. (Chiba, JP) Horseshoe crab amebocyte lysate factor G activation inhibitor (5155032)  
    SNOW BRAND MILK PRODUCTS CO., LTD. (Sapporo, JP) Method and apparatus for cell culture with immobilizing carriers (5079161)  
    SOMAR CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing saffron stigma-like tissue and method for producing useful components from saffron stigma-like tissue (5085995)  
    SOMAR CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Process for the production of betacyanin pigments (5089410)  
    SOMAR CORP. (Tokyo, JP); INST. OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH (SAITAMA) (Saitama, JP) Method of producing brassinosteroids (5084388)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Process for breeding a glabrous variety of rice crop and a glabrous plant (5173423)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Granular fertilizer compositions (RE33976)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Process for producing alcohol using yeast transformed by Rhizopus glucoamylase gene (5084385)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Process for producing peroxidase (5116751)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP); Individual inventor(s) KEX2 endoprotease without a C-terminal hydrophobic region (5162220)  
    TAITO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Composition and process to enhance the efficacy of a fish vaccine (5147862)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Gylceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene and promoter (5162228)  
    TERUMO CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Tissue culture flask (5139952)  
    TOKUYAMA SODA CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for quantitative determination of polyamines (5082770)  
    TOSCO CO., LTD. (Shinnanyo, JP) Method for preparing powdery crystalline cellulose (5175275)  
    TOYO JOZO CO., LTD. (Shizuoka, JP) Glutathione peroxidase gene and process for production of the gene product (5089408)  
    TOYO JOZO CO., LTD. (Shizuoka, JP) Gene and process of making glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (5137821)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) Cloning of the bioA, bioD, bioF, bioC and BioH genes of bacillus spraericus, vectors and transformed cells (5096823)  
    UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Yamaguchi, JP) Monoclonal antibody to okadaic acids, process for producing the monoclonal antibody, assay reagent for assaying okadaic acids using the monoclonal antibody, and assay method (5171664)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Production of guar alpha-galactosidase by hosts transformed with recombinant DNA. methods (5082778)  
    YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Rehovot, IL) Cell culture carriers and method of use (5168058)  
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    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Peptide library and screening method (5270170)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor isolated from Vigna unguiculata (5218104)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Preparation of an immobilized lipase having a low water content without drying (5177013)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine and its diketopiperazine (5179009)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Fermentation process for producing L-lysine (5179010)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-valine by fermentation (5188948)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-threonine by fermentation (5188949)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Feed additive for ruminants (5227166)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for the production of L-lysine employing thermophilic corynebacterium thermoaminogenes (5250423)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Microorganisms for production of glutamic acid (5250434)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-glutamic acid (5272067)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP); AMANO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD (Nagoya City, JP) Process for modifying fats and oils (5219744)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP); Individual inventor(s) Flower-inducing substances and a method for production thereof (5189145)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Recominbant Herpesvirus of Turkeys and live vector vaccines derived thereof (5187087)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Pseudorabies virus vaccine (5196516)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Vaccine against E. coli septicaemia in poultry (5208024)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Recombinant Marek's disease virus (5231023)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Haemophilus paragallinarum vaccine (5240705)  
    APPLIED RESEARCH SYSTEMS ARS HOLDING N.V. (Curacao, AN) Method for the modification of the expression characteristics of an endogenous gene of a given cell line (5272071)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Oxalic acid derivatives, their preparation and plant growth regulators containing them (5192358)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Plant growth regulators containing oxalic acid derivatives (5199968)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Azolylethane derivatives and fungicides and growth regulators containing them (5199969)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Substituted triazolinone herbicides and plant growth regulators (5262389)  
    BEECHAM GROUP LTD. (Brentford, UK) Vaccine (5200179)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Protein PP15 prepared by genetic manipulation (5188933)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Protease absorbent for isolating and purifying proteases, a process for the preparation therefor, and the method for purifying a protease (5202416)  
    BIOR INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing (R)-malic acid from maleic acid using microbial maleate hydratase (5270190)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Type II restriction endonuclease Ssp4800I (5183747)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Process for the reduction of star activities (5204238)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Cloned N-methylhydantoinase (5213969)  
    CHEMUNEX (Maisons Alfort, FR) Agglutination method for the determination of multiple ligands (5219763)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Baciullus thuringiensis strains active against coleopteran insects (5204100)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Process for the maintenance and proliferation of defective non-infectious virus genomes in proliferating plant materials (5215903)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Monoclonal antibodies to Leptosphaeria nodorum (5217871)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Transformation of hereditary material of plants (5231019)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Monoclonal antibodies and hybridomas specific for green-oat phytochrome (5248607)  
    COOPERS ANIMAL HEALTH LTD. (Upper Hutt, NZ) Adjuvant complexes and vaccine made therefrom (5178860)  
    DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Osaka, JP) Microorganisms detoxifying fusaric acid and method for detoxifying fusaric acid by the use of the same (5178863)  
    DNA PLANT TECHNOLOGY (Oakland, CA US); FIRMENICH SA (Geneva, CH) Abienol-producing somaclonal variants of nicotiana (5177306)  
    ENICHEM S.P.A. (Milan, IT) Thermostable mutants of neutral protease and means for their preparation (5252478)  
    EPIPHARM ALLERGIE-SERVICE GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. (Linz, AT) Immobilization of ligands by radio-derivatized polymers (5196478)  
    ESZAKMAGYARORSZAGI VEGYIMUUEK (Sajobabony, HU) Process for the preparation and use of antidote-carrying maize plant parts useful for lowering the cultivated plant-damaging effect of thiolcarbamates and chloroacetanilides (5186723)  
    FARMITALIA CARLO ERBA (Milan, IT) Process for preparing penems (5215891)  
    FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD. (Kanagawa, JP) Autoradiographic process (5260190)  
    FUJISAWA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Cephalosporin C acylase (5192678)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Processing of proteins (5246838)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Lactoneotrehalose, and its preparation and uses (5218096)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Candida tropicalis transformation system (5204252)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method and apparatus for detecting disorders in genomic substances (5194372)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Heterocyclic N-acylsulfonamides and their use as herbicides or growth regulators (5186736)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Preparation for the controlled release of active substances which are suitable as a therapeutics or for improving growth and feed utilization in ruminants (5252561)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Enzymes for breaking down moenomycins (5260206)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Phosphinothricin-resistance gene, and its use (5273894)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Homogeneous assay system using the nuclease activity of a nucleic acid polymerase (5210015)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Quantitation of nucleic acids using the polymerase chain reaction (5219727)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) High-efficiency cloning of CDNA (5270185)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Tomato plants and cells containing pTOM36 antisense constructs (5254800)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Antifungal microorganism (5260302)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Bacterial strain (5262323)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Fungicidal and plant growth regulating triazole alkynyl ethers (5272130)  
    IMPROBIO (Nivelles, BE) Nucleic acid probe containing a terminal carbamyl linking non-radioactive labeling and preparating processes (5218102)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Peptide fractions which induce antibodies protecting against the bovine leukemia virus, a process for obtaining such fractions, their coding sequences and vaccines made from such fractions (5239056)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Recombinant herpesviruses, in particular for the production of vaccines, process for preparing them, plasmids produced during this process and vaccines obtained (5266489)  
    INTERNATIONALE OCTROOI MAATSCHAPPIJ OCTROPA B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Regulatory sequences of alcohol oxidase (MOX) and dihydroxyacetonesynthase (DAS) of Hansenula polymorpha (5240838)  
    JULICH FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GMBH (Julich, DE); DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Peptide amidase and the use thereof (5190875)  
    KAO CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Processes for the production of phosphatidic acid (5183750)  
    KAO CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Regeneration method of individual coconut plantlet (5229290)  
    KIKKOMAN CORP. (Chiba, JP) Mutant luciferase of a firefly, mutant luciferase genes, recombinant DNAS containing the genes and a method of producing mutant luciferase (5219737)  
    KOMATSU SESAKUSHO K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Bedding apparatus (5213981)  
    KRONEM SYSTEMS, INC. (Mississauga, CA) Enzyme-amplified lanthanide chelate luminescence (5262299)  
    KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); IHARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Phenoxyacetic acid derivatives and plant growth regulating agents containing them as active ingredients (5235092)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for the preparation of ascorbic acid-2-phosphate (5212079)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing amino acid (5217883)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Yeast with high content of arginine (5217888)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing ascorbic acid-2-phosphate (5250425)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) D-amidase and process for producing D-.alpha.-alanine and/or L-.alpha.-alanineamide (5252470)  
    LONZA LTD. (Gampel, CH); KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Manhattan, KS US); UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Athens, GA US) Carnitine-supplemented diet for starter pigs (5192804)  
    LUCKY, LTD. (Seoul, KR) Method for the production of salmon growth hormone using a synthetic gene (5270180)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Adenine derivatives and their use as a plant growth regulator (5211738)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Gramineous hybrid plants and process for preparing them (5250433)  
    MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for preparing (+)-homopilopic acid (5182198)  
    MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA fragment and expression plasmid containing the DNA fragment (5225348)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Preservation of vegetables and fruits (5192565)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Process for the manufacture of composite cheese and product thereof (5194283)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Process for preparing emulsifying agents (5213968)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Diacetyl production (5236833)  
    NIPPON OIL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for preparation of an adventive embryo of podophyllum (5225343)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE (Tokyo, JP); Individual inventor(s) Recombinant baculovirus (5229293)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Bacillus strain and insect pest controlling agent (5266483)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Rhizobia transformants which symbiotically fixes nitrogen in non-legumes, a material for treating seeds of a non-legume plant, non-legume seeds, a non-legume plant and a method for producing rhizobia transconjungants (5229291)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Chimeric enzymes (5234823)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Promoters for use in aspergillus (5252726)  
    OHTA'S ISAN CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for culturing saffron stigma tissues (5217897)  
    ORGENICS LTD. (Yavne, IL) Molecular genetic probe, and method of forming same, assay technique and kit using said molecular genetic probe (5221609)  
    OSAKA GAS CO. LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method to enhance inoculation of root systems (5262381)  
    PENTEL K. K. (Tokyo, JP); Individual inventor(s) Method of plant tissue culture (5217892)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation vectors allowing expression of Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxins in plants (5254799)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) Bacteriocin from lactococcus lactis subspecies lactis (5231165)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) Bacteriocin from lactococcus lactis subspecies lactis (5232849)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Heteropolysaccharide BM07 (5252727)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Enzymic process for the synthesis of ammonium adipate (5258292)  
    RIKAGAKU KENKYUSHO (Wako, JP) Cell culture method (5185255)  
    RIKAGAKU KENKYUSHO (Wako, JP) Method for producing penicillinase and xylanase (5190874)  
    RIKAGAKU KENKYUSHO (Wako, JP) Secretion plasmid comprising the kilgene (5246839)  
    SANOFI, S.A. (Paris, FR) Process for preparing protease from Endothia parasitica using glucanases to reduce viscosity (5187081)  
    SANRAKU INC. (Nagoya, JP) DNA coding for enzyme capable of acylating the 4"-position of macrolide antibiotic (5240849)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for preparing transformed plant (5272072)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Substituted 2-pyrimidinyl-acetic acid derivatives, and their use as herbicides, fungicides and plant growth regulators (5238907)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Fermentation process for the production of .beta.-carboline derivatives by Myrothecium verrucaria (5258290)  
    SEIKAGAKU KOGYO CO., LTD. (Chiba, JP) Purification of glycosaminoglycan degrading enzymes with a sulfated polysaccharide (5198355)  
    SHISEIDO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing biotin vitamers using novel microorganisms (5179011)  
    SOLVAY AND CIE, S.A. (Brussels, BE) DNA encoding an antigenic protein derived from Eimeria tenella and vaccines for prevention of coccidiosis caused by Eimeria tenella (5187080)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Hydroxamic acid esters and plant growth regulation therewith (5228899)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Production of insecticidal protein of bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawal IPL by the expression of insecticidal protein gene in host cells (5231008)  
    SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method of extracting particular nucleic acid fragment (5252724)  
    SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method of monitoring cell culture (5270173)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP); Individual inventor(s) DNA encoding a KEX2 endoprotease without a C-terminal hydrophobic region (5234830)  
    TAITO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Composition and method to enhance the efficacy of a fish vaccine and to stimulate the immune system of fish (5189028)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Restriction enzyme Sse 8387I (5179016)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Method for increasing gene expression using protease deficient yeasts (5182195)  
    TANABE SEIYAKU CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Esterase purified from serratia marcescens SR41 (FERM BP-No. 487) (5208156)  
    TEIJIN LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method of cultivating animal or plant cells (5180676)  
    TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC. (Tokyo, JP) Carrier for cell culture (5254471)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Thermostable xanthine oxidase from Arthrobacter luteus (5185257)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Thermostable DNA polymerase thermus thermophilus and a method of producing the same (5192674)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Method of producing a thermostable DNA polymerase from Thermus thermophilus (5242818)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) Recombinant fowlpox virus (5180675)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) Method for expressing a heterologous protein in a dapD.sup.- mutant of E. coli and the strain obtained (5198343)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Lactic acid bacteria cultures supported on an expanded cereal for preparing flavor or aroma material (5211971)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Process for producing delta-lactones from 11-hydroxy fatty acids (5215901)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Method of producing gamma-hydroxydecanoic acid or its lactone by feeding a ricinoleic acid source to sp. odorus or rh. glutinis (5219742)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA); CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Gamma-iterferon-leukotoxin gene fusions and uses thereof (5273889)  
    VALIO MEIJERIEN KESKUSOSUUSLIIKE (Helsinki, FI) Lactococcus promoter and signal sequences for expression in bacteria (5242821)  
    VEPEX CONTRACTOR LTD. (Budapest, HU); MTA SZEGEDI BIOLOGIAI KOZPONTJA (Odesszai, HU) Process for the preparation of oligo- and polydeoxyribonucleotides (5183748)  
    VOEST-ALPINE INDUSTRIENLAGENBAU GMBH (Linz, AT) Preparation of xylanase by cultivating Thermomyces lanuginosus DSM 5826 in a medium containing corn cobs (5183753)  
    WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Achromobacter protease I gene and gene product thereof (5248599)  
    YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Rehovot, IL) Fibrous matrix for in vitro cell cultivation (5266476)  
    ZAIDAN HOJIN BISEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYU KAI (Tokyo, JP) DNA segment containing streptomycin resistance gene and being capable of controlling expression of said gene (5202427)  
1994 154
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Modification of starch production (5365016)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Peptide library and screening method (5338665)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Seed coatings (5300127)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Transformed plant which expresses an insecticidally effective amount of a Bowman-Birk tryspin inhibitor from Vigna unguiculata in leaves, stems or roots, and a method for the production thereof (5306863)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Strain of microorganism having antimicrobial activity (5344647)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Inoculant composition for plants (RE34670)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Feed additive for ruminants (5300297)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing l-lysine by fermentation employing a microorganism resistant to acyl-lysine or methylated acyl-lysine (5304476)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing riboflavin by fermentation (5334510)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-lysine by fermentation with a bacteria having selenalysine resistance (5362636)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Hybrid plants of onion and garlic or Chinese chive and method for breeding and propagating the same (5367111)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Mareks' disease virus vaccine (5283191)  
    ALKO LTD. (Helsinki, FI) Enzyme preparations with recombinantly-altered cellulose profiles and methods for their production (5298405)  
    AMANO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD (Nagoya City, JP) Recombinant DNA, bacterium of the genus Pseudomonas containing it, and process for preparing lipase by using it (5290694)  
    AMANO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD (Nagoya City, JP) Isoamylase and process for producing the same (5352602)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Enhanced maintenance of pregnancy using leukaemia inhibitory factor in embryo culturing (5366888)  
    ASAHI KASEI KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Freeze resistant bakers' yeast (5352606)  
    BANYU SEIYAKU K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Safe and versatile cloning vector (5290691)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Piperazine-2,3-diones as plant growth regulators (5326743)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Use of oxime ether derivatives for bioregulation in plants (5364834)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Substituted 4,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazol-3-(thi)ones (5276008)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Process for the production of stiffening materials containing hydraulic binders, in particular plaster bandages (5308642)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Use of lysozyme gene structures in plants to increase resistance (5349122)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) DNA encoding anticoagulative protein PP4-X, and its preparation and use (5320950)  
    BERTIN AND CIE. (Plaisir, FR) Cell culture device (5290700)  
    BIO-OBTENTION SC (Montferrier, FR) Gene complex particularly useful for modifying plants such as Cucumis melo and Cucumis melo incorporating said gene complex (5354946)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Method for mammalian cell culture (5286646)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Expression enhancer and use thereof to increase the yield in the expression of recombinant genes (5336602)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Process for the detection of nucleic acids (5344757)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Type II restriction endonuclease SexAI (5354669)  
    BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD. (London, UK) Fowlpox virus non-essential regions (5310671)  
    BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD. (London, UK) Avipox virus promoter (5332676)  
    BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD. (London, UK) Fowlpox virus promoter (5374558)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA); PHILOM BIOS (Saskatoon, CA) Method and compositions for controlling round-leaved mallow using Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. malvae, A.T.C.C. 20767 (5296369)  
    CHISSO CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Strain mass-producing .epsilon.-poly-L-lysine (5294552)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Insecticidal composition of bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis, DSM 3435 and DSM 3440 (5277906)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Isolated DNA Encoding plant histidinol dehydrogenase (5290926)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Zea mays plants and transgenic Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells (5350689)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US); U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, DC US) Anti-pathogenic bacterial strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens (5348742)  
    COOPERS ANIMAL HEALTH LTD. (Upper Hutt, NZ); UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (Wellington, NZ) Antigenic polypeptides of Taenia ovis (5348740)  
    DAINIPPON PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD. (Osaka, JP) Human tumor necrosis factor polypeptides (5288852)  
    DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Method for the conjugative transfer of mobilizable vectors for E. coli to gram-positive bacteria and vectors suitable for use in such a method (5346818)  
    DUPHAR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH B.V. (Weesp, NL) Treponema hyodysenteriae vaccine (5364774)  
    ENSUIKO SUGAR REFINING CO., LTD. (Yokohama, JP); Individual inventor(s) Method of preparing branched cyclodextrin (5366879)  
    FUJI OIL CO., LTD. (Kanagawa, JP) Process for producing hard fats using 1,3-specific lipase and mixture of palmitic, lauric and behemic acids (5304477)  
    FUJI YAKUHIN KOGYO K. K. (Tokyo, JP) D-pantolactone hydrolase and process for the preparation thereof (5372940)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Molecular cloning and expression of gene encoding lipolytic enzyme (5278066)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Recombinant DNA encoding neutral trehalase (5312909)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Recombinant genetic means for the production of serine protease muteins (5324653)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) PB92 serine protease muteins and their use in detergents (5336611)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Modified prokaryotic glucose isomerase enzymes with altered pH activity profiles (5340738)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Mutant microbial .alpha.-amylases with increased thermal, acid and/or alkaline stability (5364782)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Glucose isomerase enzymes and their use (5376536)  
    HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K. K. (Shizuoka, JP) Method of discriminating a kind of nucleic acids bases (5322796)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Alkaline proteolytic enzyme and method of production (5352604)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Biological cell treatment method and apparatus (5308757)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA measuring method (5356776)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Phosphinothricin-resistance gene, and its use (5276268)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Haloalkoxy-substituted benzoylcyclohexanediones as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5306695)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for the preparation of MA (5316929)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Sulfonated heterocyclic carboxamides and their use as herbicides, and growth regulators (5324710)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Promoter screening vector, streptomyces promoters found therewith, and the isolation and use thereof (5328998)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Ruthenium-lumazine energy transfer systems (5278043)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Reverse transcription with thermostable DNA polymerase-high temperature reverse transcription (5310652)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Methods for nucleic acid amplification (5314809)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Reverse transcription with thermostable DNA polymerases - high temperature reverse transcription (5322770)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Co-enzyme-independent L-sorbosone dehydrogenase of gluconobacter oxydans: isolation, characterization, and cloning and autologus expression of the gene (5352599)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Purified thermostable enzyme (5352600)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Expression control sequences (5362646)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) DNA encoding a thermostable nucleic acid polymerase enzyme from thermotoga maritima (5374553)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) DNA, constructs, cells and plants derived therefrom (5296376)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Modification of carotenoid production in tomatoes using pTOM5 (5304478)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) DNA constructs containing fruit-ripening genes (5304490)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Antisense constructs derived from pTOM13 plants and plant cells with reduced ethylene evolution (5365015)  
    Individual inventor(s); TONEN CORPORATION (Tokyo, JP) Genes encoding porcine zona pellucida protein PZP-4, expression thereof and contraceptive vaccines comprising expressed (poly) peptides (5348866)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding a 3',5'-hydroxylase and uses therefor (5349125)  
    INTERVET INTERNATIONAL B.V. (Boxmeer, NL) Pasteurella vaccine (5369019)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Vector (5304731)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing antiviral protein utilizing E. coli transformant, and gene and E. coli vector used in the method (5318900)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Antiviral protein (5340732)  
    JINRO LTD. (Seoul, KR) Genome coding phytolacca antiviral protein and a recombinant expression vector therefor (5348865)  
    JULICH FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GMBH (Julich, DE); DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Peptide amidase and the use thereof (5369016)  
    KAO CORP. (Tokyo, JP); TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL COLLEGE (Tokyo, JP) Bed material for cell culture (5284766)  
    KIKKOMAN CORP. (Chiba, JP) Mutant luciferase of a firefly (5330906)  
    KINETIC INVESTMENTS LTD. (Chatham, CA) Generation of unidirectional deletion mutants (5356773)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Alginate gel bead (5334229)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for regeneration of rice plants (5350688)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-tryptophan by culturing a Corynebacterium glutamicum mutant (5275940)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-lysine by iodothyronine resistant strains of Mucorynebacterium glutamicum (5302521)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing 4-hydroxy-L-proline (5374542)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-threonine with strains of E coli resistant to phenylalanine and leucine (5376538)  
    LABOFINA, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Transformed yeasts for producing lysozyme, plasmids used for this transformation, method of producing lysozyme (5336609)  
    LUMINIS PTY. LTD. (Adelaide, AU) Agrobacterium radiobacter K84 carrying transfer-deficient pAgK84 plasmids (5354684)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Fructose transferring enzyme absorbed on a granular carrier for production of fructooligosaccharides (5314810)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gamma-polyglutamate hydrolase (5356805)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Enterobacter cloacae ferm BP1529 having plant growth acceleratory activity (5360737)  
    MEITO SANGYO CO., LTD. (Nagoya, JP) Protease with low thermostability derived from Mucor pusillus (5332668)  
    MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SUDZUCKER AG (Mannheim, DE) Process for preparing trehalulose and isomaltulose (5336617)  
    MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing rice cybrid cells (5360725)  
    MIWON CO., LTD. (Seoul, KR) Method for production of L-phenylalanine by recombinant E. coli (5304475)  
    NAKANO VINEGAR CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Structural gene of membrane-bound alcohol dehydrogenase complex, plasmid containing the same and transformed acetic acid bacteria (5344777)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Process for the production of substances of vegetable origin (5279959)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) DNA probe for lactobacillus delbrueckii (5359049)  
    NIPPON GOHSEI KAGAKU KOGYO K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor-containing composition (5314807)  
    NIPPON OIL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Production of podophyllotoxins using podophyllum (5336605)  
    NIPPON OIL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Growth hormone-like glycoproteins (5359036)  
    NIPPON STEEL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing taxol by cell culture of taxus species (5312740)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Recombinant avipoxvirus (5286639)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Anti-bacterial substances and microorganisms which produce them (5346919)  
    NOVO INDUSTRI A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme complex hydrolyzing bacterial cell walls derived from nocardiopsis dassonvillei (5354681)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Protease (5312748)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Thermostable protease from Thermobacteroides (5346820)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Thermostable protease from Staphylothermus (5346821)  
    OJI PAPER CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Mass propagation through shoot primordia and regeneration of plants from protoplasts of shoot primordia (5310673)  
    OJI PAPER CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Ornithine carbamoyl transferase gene and utilization of the DNA (5362640)  
    OSMOTEK LTD. Apparatus for plant cell tissue culture (5324657)  
    PHARMACEUTICAL PROTEINS LTD. (Edinburgh, UK) Peptide production (5322775)  
    PHARMACEUTICAL PROTEINS LTD. (Edinburgh, UK) Peptide production (5366894)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bactericidal and/or bacteriostatic peptides isolated from hemolymph of honeybees (5300629)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains toxic to diabrotica species (5369027)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Methods and means for controlling the stability of proteins (5290690)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) Multiple bacteriocin producing lactococcus and compositions (5348881)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Heteropolysaccharide BM07 (5348675)  
    ROHM GMBH CHEMISCHE FABRIK (Darmstadt, DE) Bacterial xylanase, method for its production, bacteria producing a xylanase, DNA fragment encoding a xylanase, plasmid containing the DNA fragment, baking agents containing a xylanase, and method for producing bread and baked goods using the xylanase (5306633)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Heterocyclic diones as plant growth regulators (5336662)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Electrotransformation process (5371003)  
    SANOFI, S.A. (Paris, FR) DNA sequence participating in the regulation of the expression of a DNA sequence coding for a precursor of a polypeptide, expression vectors and process for the periplasmic production of the polypeptide (5279947)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gene and process for producing a thermostable urease (5298399)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Herbicide-tolerant plants expressing carbamate hydrolase (5347076)  
    SHIMADZU CORP. (Sapporo, JP) Apparatus for isolation of synthetic peptide without mechanical loss (5356596)  
    SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SHIN-ETSU BIO, INC. (San Diego, CA US) Xanthomonas campestris strain for production of xanthan gum (5279961)  
    SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SHIN-ETSU BIO, INC. (San Diego, CA US) Rifampicin resistant xanthan hyperproducing Xanthomonas campestris strain (5310677)  
    SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SHIN-ETSU BIO, INC. (San Diego, CA US) DNA segments controlling production of xanthan gum (5338841)  
    SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SHIN-ETSU BIO, INC. (San Diego, CA US) Enzymatic clarification of polysaccharides (5354671)  
    SHIONOGI AND CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Cephalosporin acetylhydrolase gene from Bacillus subtilis (5281525)  
    SHISEIDO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method of culturing Mishima-saiko (5294550)  
    SOLVAY AND CIE, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Process for transforming cells (5364779)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Plant growth regulator containing a phthalimide derivative (5346879)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Microbiological process for production of fatty acids having high degree of unsaturation with echinosporangium (5314812)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP); DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Osaka, JP) Fusaric acid resistant genes (5292643)  
    SYMBICOM AB (Umea, SE) Fish vaccine comprising an avirulent, invasive bacterium (5284653)  
    TAIYO FISHERY CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Cell lines produced by transforming leukocytes of fish with oncogenes and physiologically active substances produced by the cell lines (5298402)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) MboI restriction-modification genes (5340733)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Biologically pure mushroom culture and method for mushroom cultivation (5349121)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP); JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, MD US) .alpha.-amylase gene (5366883)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP); NAGANO ECONOMIC FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVES (Tokyo, JP) White mushroom (5349120)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Host and vector for producing D-ribose (5281531)  
    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, DC US); NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Recombinant fowlpox vaccine for protection against Marek's disease (5369025)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Production of aroma and/or flavor materials with lactic acid bacteria supported on an expanded, cereal adsorbent (5283069)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Production of guar alpha-galactosidase by hosts transformed with recombinant DNA methods (5296365)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Glu-D1 wheat flour blends (5308635)  
    YAKULT HONSHA K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing bread containing oligosaccharide (5283075)  
    YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Rehovot, IL) Transgenic plants overproducing threonine and lysine (5367110)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Transformation of plant cells (5302523)  
1995 157
    ADVANCED RIVERINA HOLDINGS, LTD. (New South Wales, AU) Determination of genetic sex in ruminants using Y-chromosome specific polynucleotides (5459038)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Recombinant library screening methods (5427908)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Peptide library and screening systems (5432018)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Mutant Escherichia coli capable of enhanced L-glutamic acid production by fermentation (5378616)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Mutant Escherichia coli capable of enhanced L-glutamic acid production (5393671)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Plasmid vectors for expression of genes in coryneform bacteria (5426050)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Feed additive composition for ruminants (5429832)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Cell-free Marek's disease virus vaccine (5378467)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) DNA encoding amino acids 590-710 of glycoprotein gII of pseudorabies virus (5449765)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Method for the synthesis of ribonucleic acid (RNA) (5466586)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys and live vector vaccines derived thereof (5470734)  
    AMANO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD (Nagoya City, JP); AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Recombinant transglutaminase (5420025)  
    AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Capture method for cell nucei using a DNA mesh (5447864)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Leukaemia inhibitory factor from livestock species and use thereof to enhance implantation and development of embryonic cells (5418159)  
    ARTHUR WEBSTER PTY. LTD. (Sydney, AU) Low virulence infectiouns laryngotracheitis (ILT) virus for vaccinating birds (5436005)  
    ASAHI KASEI KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Deacetylcephalosporin C acetyltransferase from Acremonium chrysogenum (5466598)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) High concentrated, solid mepiquat chloride products and processes for making dry form solid mepiquat chloride powder and tablets (5468720)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Pinosylvine synthase genes (5391724)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Triazolyl-alkanones or triazolyl-alkanols (5405860)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Self-supporting carrier-free cell granulates for combating pests and treating plants (5418164)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Method for the detection and quantitative determination of nitrosomonas strains in wastewaters or soils (5462855)  
    BERTIN AND CIE. (Plaisir, FR) Method for the rapid sequencing of linear and ordered biological sequences (5411862)  
    BIOSEM (Ennezat, FR) Transgenic plants belonging to the species Cucumis melo (5422259)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Method of determining polymerase activity (5413906)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Cloned N-Methylhydantoinase (5432070)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Method for the non-radioactive measurement of the nucleic acid synthesis in eukaryotic cells (5455157)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Promotor controlled specific amplification of nucleic acid sequences (5474916)  
    BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD. (London, UK) Method and apparatus for use in micropropagation (5382268)  
    CANGENE CORP. (Mississauga, CA) Nucleic acid amplification process (5409818)  
    CARLSBERG A/S (Copenhagen, DK); DDR AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN (Berlin, DE) Thermostable (1,3-1,4)-.beta.-glucanase (5470725)  
    CEMU BIOTEKNIK AB (Uppsala, SE) Method of sequencing DNA (5405746)  
    CENTRAL GLASS CO., LTD. (Ube, JP) Method for controlling soft rot, bacterial seedling blight of rice and black rot (5441735)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Identification of plant-responsive genes of bacteria (5397697)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Methods for the production of hybrid seed (5409823)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Pectin lyase genes of aspergillus niger (5447862)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Transformation of hereditary material of plants (5453367)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Inbred corn line CG00637 (5457276)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Tissue-preferential promoters (5466785)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Anther-specific CDNA sequences, genomic DNA sequences and recumbinant DNA sequences (5477002)  
    CONSORTIUM FUR ELEKTROCHEMISCHE INDUSTRIE GMBH (Munich, DE) .gamma.-CGTase (5409824)  
    CORN. BAK B.V. (Assendelft, NL) Guzmania plant named `Ultra` (5453563)  
    DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Method for isolation of insertion elements from coryneform bacteria (5380657)  
    DENTAL KAGAKU CO. (Tokyo, JP) Polyfunctinal protease (5425942)  
    ELF SANOFI (Paris, FR); AQUITAINE, SOCIETE NATIONALE DES PETROLES (Courbevoie, FR) Recombinant DNA coding for a protein with endochitinase activity (5446138)  
    ELF SANOFI (Paris, FR); AQUITAINE, SOCIETE NATIONALE DES PETROLES (Courbevoie, FR) Recombinant DNA coding for a novel protein having .beta.-1,3-glucanase activity, bacteria containing this DNA, transformed plant cells and plants (5477001)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Cloning and expression of acetyl xylan esterases from fungal origin (5426043)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Cloning and expression of phytase from aspergillus (5436156)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Glucose isomerases with an altered pH optimum (5384257)  
    GREEN CROSS CORP. (Kanagawa, JP) DNA's encoding signal peptides (5409815)  
    GROPEP PTY LTD. (Adelaide, AU); U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, DC US); EMBREX INC. (Research Triangle Park, NC US) Method of administering IGF-1, IGF-2, and analogs thereof to birds (5444045)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Process for preparing neotrehalose and its uses (5403727)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Method of controlling foam with carbonic acid ester agents (5378485)  
    HERAEUS SEPATECH GMBH (Osterode, DE) Culture vessel for cell cultures (5449617)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for culturing recombinant cells (5445948)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Hydrogen bond labeling and base sequence determination methods for DNA or RNA (5470707)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) 2-alkyl-or-aryl-substituted-2-(pyrimidinyl-or-traizinyl-oxy(or-thio))-acotic acid derivatives, process for preparation, and use as herbicides or plant-growth regulators (5446013)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) .alpha.-L-Rhamnosidase for obtaining rhamnose, a process for its preparation and its use (5468625)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Primes and probes for the amplification and detection of aids associated nucleic acids (5386022)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Coccidiosis vaccines (5403581)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) DNA encoding a mutated thermostable nucleic acid polymerase enzyme from thermus species sps17 (5405774)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Reverse transcription with Thermus thermophilus polymerase (5407800)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Use of grease or wax in the polymerase chain reaction (5411876)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Reduction of non-specific amplification glycosylase using DUTP and DNA uracil (5418149)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Mutated thermostable nucleic acid polymerase enzyme from thermotoga maritima (5420029)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Tocopherol cyclase isolated from Chlorella protothecoides, Dunaliella salina and wheat leaves (5432069)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Mutated thermostable nucleic acid polymerase enzyme from Thermus species Z05 (5455170)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) 5' to 3' exonuclease mutations of thermostable DNA polymerases (5466591)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Quantitation of nucleic acids using the polymerase chain reaction (5476774)  
    IMMUNO AG (Vienna, AU) Avian embryo cell aggregate biomass for producing tick-born encephalitis virus/virus antigen (5391491)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) DNA constructs encoding Bacillus thuringiensis toxins from strain A20 (5424409)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Recombinant DNA containing pectin esterase gene segements (5447867)  
    INCOTEC B.V. (Enkhuizen, NL) Pills or pellets containing genetic material and inert carrier material and method for their preparation (5389115)  
    ITOHAM FOODS INC. (Nishinomiya, JP) Sexing method of bovine embyros (5461145)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Ustilago trichophora mycoherbicidal compositions and methods of use (5434120)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing plantlets whereby the formation of a cell mass is induced (5413929)  
    KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulator composition comprising a cyclohexanone compound and adjuvants (5436225)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Recombinant coryneform bacterium for producing L-tryptophan (5407824)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Gene expression regulatory DNA (5439822)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-tryptophan (5447857)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-isoleucine by S-2-aminoethyl-L-cysteine or D-Serine resistant strains of E coli (5460958)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-alanine by fermentation with arthrobacter (5478733)  
    L.V.M.H. RECHERCHE (Nanterre, FR) Process of producing a dehydrated polysaccharide gel containing microorganisms for preparing fermented drinks (5389532)  
    LABORATORIO SERONO S.A. (Madrid, ES) PO438, a new calcium-regulated promoter (5385841)  
    LONDON BIOTECHNOLOGY LTD. (Long Ashton, UK) Amplification assay for hydrolase enzymes (5445942)  
    LONZA LTD. (Gampel, CH) Genetic engineering process for the production of S-(+)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxamide by microorganisms (5427934)  
    MARUHA CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Calcium alginate oligosaccharide and method for producing the same from potassium or sodium alginate (5460957)  
    MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for obtaining deodorant extract from tissue culture of plants in family oleaceae (5380521)  
    MEIJI MILK PRODUCTS CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plasmid pBUL1 derived from a lactobacillus and derivatives thereof (5426047)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Feed for swine and method of breeding swine using the same (5431928)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Synthetic insecticidal gene, plants of the genus oryza transformed with the gene, and production thereof (5436391)  
    MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method of inducing formation of adventitious bud (5403736)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Antifungal preparations, and process for making such preparations (5389609)  
    NEC CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Bacillus stearothermophilus and E. coli plasmids (5384258)  
    NEC CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Cell culture support having patterned substance that influences cell adhesion (5470739)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Preparation of yogurt with lac(-) L. bulgaricus (5382438)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Pectin-modified lipase from Mucor javanicus with lowered saturated/unsaturated fatty acid ratio (5384256)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Preparation of crumb-flavored milk chocolate (5393538)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Polyploid baker's yeasts having a low temperature inactivation property (5399492)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) DNA probe for lactobacillus helveticus (5412086)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Trickle process for vinegar production (5427803)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) DNA probe for lactobacillus delbrueckii (5429924)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Process for preparing a blue cheese flavorant (5455051)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Composition and process used for stabilizing egg proteins subjected to subsequent heat treatment (5464639)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Flavorant composition prepared by fermentation (5476773)  
    NIHON NOHYAKU CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for production of exogenous gene or its product in plant cells (5418153)  
    NIHON SHOKUHIN KAKO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Rhizopus host vector system (5436158)  
    NIHON SHOKUHIN KAKO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); Individual inventor(s) Xylose isomerase gene of Thermus aquaticus (5411886)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, DC US) Vaccine comprising fowlpox virus recombinants expressing the envelope glycoprotein of an avian reticuloendotheliosis retrovirus (5403582)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Fermentation broth and microorganisms which produce them (5460814)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme capable of degrading cellullose or hemicellulose (5457046)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alkaline protease Bacillus sp. JP 395, method of making and detergent compositions (5466594)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) .beta.-1,4-galactanase and a DNA sequence (5474922)  
    PHARMACIA BIOTECH INC. (Milwaukee, WI US) M-RNA purification (5459253)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Method of controlling coleotera using Bacillus thuringiensis strains MG P-14025 and LMG P-14026 (5422106)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants transformed with a DNA sequence from Bacillus thuringiensis lethal to Lepidoptera (5460963)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their genes encoding insecticidal toxins (5466597)  
    PLANT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS B.V. (Helmond, NL) Method for use in a multiplication process of plants and a device for carrying out said method (5439490)  
    PPL THERAPEUTICS LTD. (Edinburgh, UK) Peptide production (5476995)  
    RHEIN BIOTECH (Dusseldorf, DE) DNA-molecules coding for FMDH control regions and structural gene for a protein having FMDH-activity and their use thereof (5389525)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Artificial seeds (5382269)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Plant growth regulatory mixture comprising mepiquat and cyclanilide or other cyclopropylmalonic acid anilides (5478796)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Method and compositions for the biological control of field bindweed (5391538)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Pulp bleaching with thermo stable xylanase of thermomonosporafusca (5407827)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Dominant orange allele in pepper (5440069)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Insecticidal plectoxins from Plectreurys tristis (5470735)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Pitch degradation with white rot fungus (5472874)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Pitch degradation with white rot fungi (5476790)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH); UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (St. Paul, MN US) White-rot fungus and uses thereof (5427945)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Plasmid for the preparation of transgenic plants with a change in habit and yield (5436394)  
    SHIMADZU CORP. (Sapporo, JP) Cleavage apparatus (5460786)  
    SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SHIN-ETSU BIO, INC. (San Diego, CA US) Biologically pure culture of a strain of Xanthomonas compestris ATCC 55429 (5472870)  
    SHIONOGI AND CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Protease (5459064)  
    SOLVAY ENZYMES GMBH AND CO. KG. (Neinburg, DE); GESELLSCHAFT FUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH (Braunschweig, DE) Stabilized enzymes and process for preparing them (5453372)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Process for production of biotin using bacteria belonging to the genus sphingomonas (5432067)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Process for production of bishomo-gamma-linolenic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid (5401646)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Bacterial collagenase gene of Vibrio alginolyticus (5453371)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Method for cloning of a gene for Pol I type DNA polymerase (5436326)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) NSP7524V restriction-modification genes (5441881)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Restriction enzyme from Brevibacterium linens (5470732)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Method for the production of trehalose using strains of Micrococcus and Deinococcus (5447856)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) DNA encoding glycosylated FGF and production thereof (5464943)  
    THOMAE, DR. KARL GMBH (Lubeck, DE) Process for inactivating the biological activity of DNA (5417862)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Thermostable DNA polymerase from Thermus thermophilus HB-8 (5413926)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Sorbitol oxidase from Xanthomonas maltophilia FERM BP-4512 (5472862)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Process for the preparation of .alpha.-acetolactic acid (5420021)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Astaxanthin from flowers of the genus adonis (5453565)  
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, CA US); LUCKY, LTD. (Seoul, KR) Class of low calorie protein sweeteners (5478923)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Tomatoes with reduced expression of polygalacturonase (5387757)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) DNA constructs containing segments from tomato polygalacturonase and pectin esterase genes (5413937)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Pre-activated proteins for labelling oligonucleotide probes (5441867)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Expression of genes in transgenic plants (5442052)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Bacillus thuringiensis toxin with activity against Diabrotica species (5446019)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Isolated DNA derived from peach which codes for an ethylene-forming enzyme (5449764)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Modification of lignin synthesis in plants (5451514)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Dicot plants containing an antisense polygalacturonase gene segment (5457281)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Transformation of plant cells (5464765)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Oil producing sunflowers and production thereof (5476524)  
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    A/S DE DANSKE SPRITFABRIKKER (Copenhagen, DK) Potato .alpha.-amylase genes (5498832)  
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Plant parasitic nematode control (5589622)  
    AESCULAAP B.V. (Boxtel, NL) Cloning of chicken anaemia DNA (5491073)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Methods for making a device for concurrently processing multiple biological chip assays (5545531)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Computer-aided engineering system for design of sequence arrays and lithographic masks (5571639)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Recombinant library screening methods (5580717)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Biological control of lepidopterons pests using Bacillus thuringiensis (5501852)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Biological control of dipteran pests of the genus Lycoriella using Bacillus thuringiensis (5512279)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Biological control of molluscs with nematodes and bacteria that support growth and pathogenicity of nematodes (5527525)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Insect control using lectins having specific mannose-binding ability (5545820)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing trehalose by microorganisms which can produce tremalose with sucrose or maltose as main carbon source (5484714)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation (5492818)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Gene encoding transglutaminase derived from fish (5514573)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Production of isoleucine by escherichia coli having isoleucine auxotrophy and no negative feedback inhibition of isoleucine production (5534421)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Bacterial strain of escherichia coli BKIIM B-3996 as the producer of l-threonine (5538873)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Coryneform bacteria deficient in a cell surface protein (5547864)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Feed composition and a method for decreasing piglet mortality in piglets (5552145)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Sucrase gene derived from coryneform bacteria (5556776)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Mutant and method for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation (5573945)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Reovirus strain 2177 and vaccine containing same (5525342)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Nucleic acid amplification process (5554517)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Chicken anemia virus vaccine and diagnostic (5554525)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale vaccine and method of immunization (5576003)  
    ALKO LTD. (Helsinki, FI) Method of making endoglucanase I (5529919)  
    AMANO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD (Nagoya City, JP) Caffeine demethylate gene-containing DNA fragment and microbial process for producing 3-methyl-7-alkylxanthine (5550041)  
    AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Subtraction hybridization (5589339)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Amplified DNA assay using a double stranded DNA binding protein (5536648)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Fungicidal mixtures (5510348)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Water-soluble PVA bag containing free-flowing and non-caking highly concentrated plant growth regulator composition (5523275)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Cyclohexenone derivatives (5523462)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) 2-aroylcyclohexanediones and their use as herbicides or plant growth-regulating agents (5559218)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Dry flowable powders of hygroscopic plant growth regulators and tablets formed of the same (5589438)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE); KNOLL AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Tetracycline regulated transcriptional modulators with altered DNA binding specificities (5589362)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Stilbene synthase genes from grapevine (5500367)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) N-aryl-substituted nitrogen-containing heterocycles intermediates and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5554580)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Natural substance cyclamenol and chemical derivatives (5565561)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) DNA comprising plum pox virus and tomato spotted wilt virus cDNAS for disease resistance (5569823)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Preparation and use of enzyme-detergent extracted Streptococcus zoopidemicus vaccine (5583014)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Bibenzyl synthase genes (5589620)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Pinosylvine synthase genes (5589621)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Use of lysozyme gene structures in plants to increase resistance (5589626)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE); IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (Ames, IA US) Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus antigen and processes for the preparation and use of said antigen in vaccines and diagnostics (5510258)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE); IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (Ames, IA US) Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus antigen and processes for the preparation and use of said antigen in vaccines and diagnostics (5587164)  
    BENZON PHARMA A/S (Hvidovre, DK) Stabilization of unstably inherited replicons (5545541)  
    BIOSTAR, INC. (Saskatoon, CA) Bovine heat shock promoter and uses thereof (5521084)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Haemonchus contortus vaccine (5525508)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Functionalized carrier materials for the simultaneous synthesis and direct labeling of oligonucleotides as primers for template-dependent enzymatic nucleic acid syntheses (5574141)  
    BRITISH TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD. (London, UK) Vaccine against Pasteurella (5587166)  
    CALGENE L.L.C. (Davis, CA US); PROCIDA (Marseille, FR) Superoxide dismutase expression in plants (5538878)  
    CANGENE CORP. (Mississauga, CA) Expression system comprising DNA encoding the signal peptide of protease B from Streptomyces griseus (5514590)  
    CANON KK (Tokyo, JP) Method for detecting bioindividuals by use of nonnatural type nucleic acid probe (5545521)  
    CARLSBERG A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Process for the preparation of C-terminally amidated peptides (5580751)  
    CEMU BIOTEKNIK AB (Uppsala, SE) Chemical method for the analysis of DNA sequences (5534424)  
    CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INST. (Kumamoto, JP) Recombinant Marek's disease virus, process for preparing the same and vaccine containing the same (5558867)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Pseudomonas biocontrol strains (5496547)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Method for characterizing insecticidal properties of unknown bacillus strains (5506099)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Process for transforming plant protoplast (5508184)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Plant adenylosuccinate synthetase and DNA coding therefor (5519125)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Bacillus thuringiensis gene encoding a toxin active against insects (5530195)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Inbred corn line (5536900)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Herbicide resistant plants (5541310)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Monoclonal antibodies to mycosphaerella species (5558997)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Synergistic antifungal protein and compositions containing same (5559034)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US); MYCOGEN PLANT SCIENCE, INC. (San Diego, CA US) Methods of inserting viral DNA into plant material (5569597)  
    CIS BIO INTERNATIONAL (Saclay, FR) Method for detecting specific nucleic acid sequences by amplification in highly dilute solution (5514540)  
    CLARIANT FINANCE LTD. (Tortola, VG) Thermostable endoxylanases (5486468)  
    CLARIANT FINANCE LTD. (Tortola, VG) Biological control for wood products and debarking (5518921)  
    CLARIANT FINANCE LTD. (Tortola, VG) White-rot fungus and uses thereof (5554535)  
    COMINCO FERTILIZERS LTD. (Calgary, CA) Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria for agronomic, nonroot crops (5503651)  
    COMINCO FERTILIZERS LTD. (Calgary, CA) Bacterial cultures for root-colonizing plants (5503652)  
    DAIICHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing foreign gene products (5534419)  
    DARATECH PROPRIETARY LTD. (Victoria, AU) Yeasts as a biocontrol for microbial diseases of fruit (5525132)  
    DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Transposon consisting of a fragment of the R plasmid pCxM82B, test vectors containing this transposon, and methods of mutagenesis (5516669)  
    DIATECH LTD. (London, UK) Translation of m-RNA (5489527)  
    DYNAL A/S (Oslo, NO) Cloning method and kit (5525493)  
    FLORIGENE EUROPE B.V. (Rijnsburg, NL) Genetically transformed rose plants and methods for their production (5480789)  
    FLORIGENE EUROPE B.V. (Rijnsburg, NL) Methods for production f hybrid rose plantlets from rose somatic embryos (5530182)  
    FLORIGENE EUROPE B.V. (Rijnsburg, NL) Method for producing transformed chrysanthemum plants (5567599)  
    FLORIGENE EUROPE B.V. (Rijnsburg, NL) Carnation plants and methods for their transformation and propagation (5589613)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Compositions and methods for making lipolytic enzymes (5529917)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Stabilization of carboxyl esterase (5538876)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Non-reducing oligosaccharide with neotrehalose structure, and its production and uses (5510250)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Non-reducing oligosaccharaide with neotrehalose structure, and its production and uses (5523099)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Maltohexaose and maltoheptaose-forming amylase from a microorganism (5527699)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Alkali-treated bagasse, and its preparation and uses (5545418)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Polypeptide possessing cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase activity (5545587)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Fermented bagasse feed, and its preparation and uses (5547692)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) DNA encoding enzyme, recombinant DNA and enzyme, transformant, and their preparations and uses (5556781)  
    HAZERA LTD. (El Segundo, CA US) Cotton hybrid (5516979)  
    HELIOSYNTHESE S.A. CENTRE D'AFFAIRES ACTIMARK BUREAU (Aix En Provence, FR) Process for the production and extraction of thermostable superoxide-dismutases from a photosynthetic microorganism culture (5536654)  
    HERAEUS INSTRUMENTS GMBH (Osterode, DE) Modular culture vessel for cell cultures (5576211)  
    HILDING OHLSSON, S.A. (Buenos Aires, AR) Procedure for the sex determination of embryos in mammals especially applied to bovine embryos (5578449)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Rapid screening method of gene amplification products in polypropylene plates (5545528)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA base sequencer (5552322)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for determining nuclease activity (5554502)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Oligoprobe designstation: a computerized method for designing optimal DNA probes (5556749)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Fusion protein comprising an interleukin-2 fragment ballast portion (5496924)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its use in a process for the biotechnological preparation of L-rhamnose (5501966)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Maize resistant to aryloxyphenoxyalkanecarboxylic acid herbicides (5502271)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Bacillus strain for breaking down moenomycins (5506140)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Expression of a multigene RNA having self-splicing activity (5519164)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Pyridyl sulphonyl ureas as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5529976)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Transgenic plants expressing a prokaryotic ammonium dependent asparagine synthetase (5545819)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Antifungal polypeptide and process for its production (5589624)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Nucleic acid detection by the 5'-3'exonuclease activity of polymerases acting on adjacently hybridized oligonucleotides (5487972)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Methods for in-solution quenching of fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probes (5491063)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Purified thermostable nucleic acid polymerase and DNA coding sequences from pyrodictium species (5491086)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Methods and reagents for the polymerase chain reaction amplification of long DNA sequences (5512462)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Methods for coupled high temperatures reverse transcription and polymerase chain reactions (5561058)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Compositions and methods for inhibiting dimerization of primers during storage of polymerase chain reaction reagents (5565339)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Methods for in-solution quenching of fluorescently labeled oligonucleotide probes (5571673)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Detection of nucleic acids using a hairpin forming oligonucleotide primer and an energy transfer detection system (5573906)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US); SUNY RESEARCH FOUNDATION (Albany, NY US) In situ polymerase chain reaction (5538871)  
    HSC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Toronto, CA); SEABRIGHT CORPORATION (St. John's, CA) Transgenic salmonid fish expressing exogenous salmonid growth hormone (5545808)  
    IMMUNO AG (Vienna, AU) Avian embryo cell aggregate biomass for producing virus/virus antigen and method for producing virus/virus antigen (5550051)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Biocidal proteins (5482928)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) DNA constructs containing the gene for ACC Oxidase, cells and plants derived therefrom (5530190)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Transformed tomato plants (5569829)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Bacillus thuringiensis strains producing insecticidally active toxins (5573766)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK); HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, MA US) Regulation of gene expression (5554510)  
    Individual inventor(s); ASAHI DENKA KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Curculin B and DNA encoding same, and process for production thereof (5480795)  
    Individual inventor(s); ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Process for constructing cDNA library, and novel polypeptide and DNA coding for the same (5525486)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Viral vaccines (5558860)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR); UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER (Grenoble, FR) Process for the production of a viable cell culture infected by a multiple sclerosis-associated virus (5585262)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding flavonoid pathway enzymes and uses therefor (5569832)  
    ITALFARMACO S.P.A. (Milan, IT) Nucleotide sequences coding for ribosome inactivating proteins (5501970)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing potato microtubers (5498541)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for dwarfing lilies and lily bulbs obtained from the dwarfing treatment (5500404)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP); RICE BREEDING RESEARCH LAB. (Sendai, JP) Method for decreasing seed storage proteins and for transforming plants (5516668)  
    KANEGAFUCHI KAGAKU KOGYO K. K. (Osaka, JP) Process for production of D-.alpha.-amino acids (5565344)  
    KAO CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Immobilized phosphorylase (5543310)  
    KEMIRA AGRO OY (Helsinki, FI) Transgenic plants displaying multiple virus resistance and a process for their production (5589625)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plants resistant against plural viruses and method for producing them using as RNase genes (5491080)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Chilling-resistant plants and their production (5516667)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA sequences useful for the synthesis of carotenoids (5589581)  
    KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth regulator composition comprising a cyclohexanone compound and adjuvants (5510321)  
    KUREHA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing trehalose (5565341)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-tryptophan by a Corynebacterium strain having decreased phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity (5484716)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing amino acids (5498532)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing flavine nucleotides (5514574)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Method for the production of foods and beverages (5520933)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-valine (5521074)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing alanine (5559016)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-tryptophan (5563052)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for the preparation of ascorbic acid-2-phosphate (5578471)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing riboflavin (5589355)  
    LUMINIS PTY. LTD. (Adelaide, AU) Transgenic pigs (5573933)  
    MARUHA CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Alginate oligosaccharide and method for producing the same (5516666)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plant cultivation method (5588254)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Oilseed crops producing valuable seeds having altered amino acid composition and fatty acid composition (5530192)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Process for the site-directed integration of DNA into the genome of plants (5501967)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL); GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Production of enzymes in seeds and their use (5543576)  
    MORPHOSYS GESELLSCHAFT FUR PROTEINOPTIMERUNG MBH (Munich, DE) Method for in vivo selection of ligand-binding proteins (5514548)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Baker's yeast having a low temperature inactivation property (5480798)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Production of a seasoning (5523100)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Lactobacillus bulgaricus having decreased acid production and/or improved aroma and flavor production (5545554)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Pilocarpin production process (5569593)  
    NEW ZEALAND FOREST RESEARCH INST. LTD. (Rotorua, NZ) Method of environmental control (5523230)  
    NEW ZEALAND FOREST RESEARCH INST. LTD. (Rotorua, NZ) Growth medium (5565355)  
    NICKERSON BIOCEM LIMITED (Cambridge, UK) Nematode control with proteinase inhibitors (5494813)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SHIONOGI AND CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Poultry mycoplasma antigen, gene thereof and recombinant vectors containing the gene as well as vaccines utilizing the same (5489430)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Insect controlling agent from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis var. Kurstaki (5516514)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Thermostable Fervidobacterium pullulanases (5486469)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Process for the production of protein products in aspergillus (5536661)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Rhamnogalacturonase, corresponding DNA sequence, rhamnogalacturonase containing enzyme preparation and use of the enzyme preparation (5538884)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Aspergillus aculeatus rhamnogalacturon acetyl esterases, DNA sequences encoding the enzymes and methods of use thereof (5585256)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK); NOVO NORDISK BIOTECH, INC. (Davis, CA US) Fungicidal and insecticidal compounds and compositions derived from fungal strains of Prenophora teres (5491122)  
    NUNHEMS ZADEN BV (Haelen, NL) Method for the production of double-haploid cucumbers (5492827)  
    OLYMPUS AMERICA, INC. (Lake Success, NY US) Enzyme digestion method for the detection of amplified DNA (5580730)  
    ORGENICS LTD. (Yavne, IL) Apparatus and method for transport of nucleic acid sequences by capillary action on a solid support and detection of the nucleic acid sequences (5527673)  
    PHARMACIA BIOTECH INC. (Milwaukee, WI US) In vitro phage lambda DNA packaging system (5508187)  
    PHARMACIA, S.P.A. (Milan, IT) Isolated DNA encoding a plant ribosome inactivating protein from the leaves of saponaria officinalis (5529932)  
    PHARMING B.V. (Leiden, NL) DNA sequences to target proteins to the mammary gland for efficient secretion (5565362)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Process for the production of biologically active peptide via the expression of modified storage seed protein genes in transgenic plants (5487991)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Control of ostrinia (5530197)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation vectors allowing expression of foreign polypeptide endoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis in plants (5545565)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Stamen-specific promoters from corn (5589610)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); BIOGEN, INC. (Cambridge, MA US) Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants (5561236)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); EMBRAPA (Brasilia, BR) Process for the production of transgenic plants with increased nutritional value via the expression of modified 2S storage albumins (5589615)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA); ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Indexing linkers (5508169)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) Methods for purification of recombinantly produced proteins (5530100)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Chimeric gene comprising the arabidopsis histone H4 promoter for the transformation of plants (5491288)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Chimeric gene for the transformation of plants (5510471)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Production of .gamma.-linolenic acid by a .DELTA.6-desaturase (5552306)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Chimeric nitrilase-encoding gene for herbicidal resistance (5559024)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR) Plasmids (5547869)  
    SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER (Tokyo, JP); HOLLAND SWEETNER COMPANY V.O.F. (Maastricht, NL) Protease (5496710)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Pregerminated seeds (5522907)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Corn inbreds `899` and `901` and corn hybrid `N5220` (5530181)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Biological control for wood products (5532164)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Hyper-sensitivity related gene (5550228)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Hyper-sensitivity related gene (5552527)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Insecticidal toxins from the parastic wasp, bracon hebetor (5554592)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Heterocyclic diones as pesticides and plant growth regulators (5565410)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Pregerminated seeds (5585536)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Fragaria plants and seeds (5585540)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Somatic embryogenesis method (5587312)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH); UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (St. Paul, MN US) Process for treatment of waste stream using Scytinostroma galactinum fungus ATCC 20966 (5545544)  
    SCHERING AG (Berlin, DE) Process for the isolation and characterisation of a gene enzyme system for inactivation of the herbicide phenmedipham and transfer of the gene into plants (5543306)  
    SCIENTIFIC GENERICS LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Electrochemical denaturation of double-stranded nucleic acid (5527670)  
    SHIMADZU CORP. (Sapporo, JP) Oligonucleotides for detecting bacteria and detection method using same (5516898)  
    SHIMADZU CORP. (Sapporo, JP) Oligonucleotides for detecting bacteria and detection method using same (5525718)  
    SHIMADZU CORP. (Sapporo, JP) Method for testing causative microorganisms of food poisioning and reagents therefor (5529910)  
    SOCIETE ANONYME (Lyon, FR) Method for improving the organoleptic qualities of the meat from uncastrated male domestic animals, vaccines which are usable in this method, new peptide, in particular for producing these vaccines and vaccination kit relating thereto (5573767)  
    SOLVAY ENZYMES GMBH AND CO. KG. (Neinburg, DE) Liquid enzyme formulations (5558812)  
    STERITECH, INC. (Concord, CA) Methods for treatment of enzyme preparations (5532145)  
    SUDZUCKER AG (Mannheim, DE) Sweetener, process for its preparation and the use thereof (5578339)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Carrot 16 KD protein, gene coding for said protein and plasmid containing said gene (5512484)  
    SYNGENIX, LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Nucleic acid amplification using scandium and lanthanum ions (5554498)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Restriction endonuclease (5496717)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Endo-xyloglucan transferase (5516694)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Biologically pure culture of Lyophyllum ulmarium (5571717)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Mutant strains of agrobacterium for producing .beta.-1,3-glucan (5508191)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) DNA Fragment encoding acylamino acid racemase (5525501)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Culture of Rhizobium cobalaminogenum capable of producing vitamin B.sub.12 and mutants thereof (5538888)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Method of producing vitamin B12 using rhizobium cobalaminogenum ferm BP-4429 (5545538)  
    TERUMO CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Method for detecting target sequences by oscillation frequency (5552274)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Nucleic acid sequence amplification method, detection method, and reagent kit therefor (5525462)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Apparatus for automated assay of DNA probe and method for assaying nucleic acid in sample (5538849)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) Yeast vector coding for heterologous gene fusions linked via KEX2 cleavage site and coding for truncated KEX2 genes (5521093)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Method of producing embryogenic callus of Norway spruce (Picea abies and regenerating plantlets therefrom (5501972)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Cloning and expression of DNA encoding a ripening form of a polypeptide having rhamnogalcturonase activity (5550045)  
    UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE (Hertfordshire, UK); RUBBER RESEARCH INST. OF MALAYSIA (Kuala Lumpur, SG) Method for the production of proteins in plant fluids (5580768)  
    VALIO MEIJERIEN KESKUSOSUUSLIIKE (Helsinki, FI) Lactococcus promoters and signal sequences for heterologous gene expression in bacteria (5529908)  
    VIABLE BIOPRODUCTS, LTD. (Turku, FI) Colostrum fraction, a process of preparing it and its use as a supplement in cell culture media (5500229)  
    VITAMIN KENKYUSYA K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Liposome for entrapping gene, liposomal preparation and process for the manufacture of the preparation (5552157)  
    WESSELS, STEPHEN (Espergaerde, DK); Individual inventor(s); VALIO MEIJERIEN KESKUSOSUUSLIIKE (Helsinki, FI) Cloning vector for use in lactic acid bacteria (5580787)  
    YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Rehovot, IL) Anti-tumor vaccines (5582831)  
    ZENCO LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line ZS1679 (5589606)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) DNA clone encoding an ethylene-forming enzyme, constructs, plant cells and plants based thereon (5484906)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Production of polyhydroxy alkanoate in plants (5502273)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Biocidal proteins from plants (5514779)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Amplification processes (5525494)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) High pH tolerant corn and the production thereof (5536901)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Biocidal proteins (5538525)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Oxalate decarboxylate (5547870)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Controlling growth of filamentous microorganisms (5563065)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Maize chlorotic dwarf virus resistant maize and the production thereof (5563316)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Corn lethal necrosis resistant maize and the production thereof (5563318)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line disignated ZS0510 (5563327)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line designated ZS0223 (5569813)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line ZS1284 (5569820)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line designated ZS0114 (5569826)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Male flower specific gene sequences (5571904)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Gray leaf spot resistant corn and the production thereof (5574210)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line designated ZS0560 (5585533)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line designated ZS0853 (5585534)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line ZS1791 (5585539)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line designated ZS1513 (5585541)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Plant-derived glutathione-S-transferase isoform II promoter (5589614)  
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    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Methods for in vitro recombination (5605793)  
    AGRICULTURAL GENETICS CO., LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Proteins with insecticidal properties against homopteran insects and their use in plant protection (5604121)  
    AGRIUM, INC. (Calgary, CA) Enhancement of conifer seedling growth (5640803)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Mobile genetic element originated from brevibacterium strain (5591577)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Gene encoding transglutaminase derived from fish (5607849)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Temperature sensitive plasmid (5616480)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Plasmid vector and a method for regulation of gene expression using the same (5643790)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-lysine by fermentation (5650304)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Strains of Escherichia coli which produce isoleucine or valine and a method for their production (5658766)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for the production of L-threonine by fermentation, using mutated DNA encoding aspartokinase III (5661012)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Feed additive composition for ruminants (5676966)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing cheese using transglutaminase (5681598)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) DNA encoding novel cell surface protein (5681717)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Mutant aspartokinase gene (5688671)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP); JAPANESE FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH (Tokyo, JP) Gene coded for interleukin-2 polypeptide, recombinant DNA carrying the said gene, a living cell line possessing the recombinant DNA, and method for producing interleukin-2 using the said cell (5620868)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Poultry vaccine against E. coli air sac inflammation and septicaemia (5593679)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Coccidiosis vaccine (5602033)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Vaccine against streptococcus suis infection (5612042)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Coccidiosis poultry vaccine (5614195)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Non-shedding live herpesvirus vaccine (5626850)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Eimeria tenella vaccine (5637487)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae subunit vaccine (5648081)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Method for nucleic acid amplification using inosine triphosphates to partially replace guanosine triphosphates in the synthesis of multiple RNA copies (5654142)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Terminal repeat amplification method (5665545)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) DNA encoding an Eimeria 100kD antigen (5670362)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Vaccines against Aujeszky's disease and other animal diseases containing pseudorabies virus mutants (5674500)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Coccidiosis vaccine (5677438)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Process for rendering a nucleic acid amplication reaction product incapable of being a target for further amplification, a diagnostic assay employing said process (5679553)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) gD-negative bovine herpesvirus mutant, capable of direct cell-to-cell transmission (5686076)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Methods of immunization of poultry with vaccines against chicken anemia agent (CAA) (5686077)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Marek's disease virus vaccine (5686287)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Recombinant vaccine against marek's disease (5690939)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) European vaccine strains of the Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRSV) (5698203)  
    ALKO LTD. (Helsinki, FI) Mannanase enzymes, genes coding for them and a method for isolating the genes, as well as a process for bleaching of lignocellulosic pulp (5661021)  
    ALKO LTD. (Helsinki, FI) Recombinant production of glucoamylase P in trichoderma (5665585)  
    ALLELIX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mississauga, CA) Promoters for gene expression (5629205)  
    AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Subtraction hybridization employing aziridinylbenoquinone cross-linking agents (5591575)  
    AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) RNA fingerprinting to determine RNA population differences (5665544)  
    AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Magnetic bead precipitation method (5665554)  
    AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Modifying nucleotide analogues (5670346)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Leukaemia inhibitory factor from livestock species and use thereof to enhance implantation and development of embryonic cells (5641676)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Substituted isoindolones useful as plant growth regulators (5602074)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Plant growth regulating compositions and methods (5627134)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) 5-substituted 4-methyl-5H-indeno[3,2-b]pyridines and 9-substituted 1-methyl-9H-indeno[2,3-c]pyridines, their preparation and use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5637554)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Isolated promoter and terminator of elongation factor 1-.alpha. (5650294)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Plant growth regulating compositions and methods (5654255)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Herbicides of the auxin type for treating transgenic crop plants (5670454)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Substituted N-phenylglutarimides and N-phenylglutaramides, their preparation and use (5698494)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE); KNOLL AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Tight control of gene expression in eucaryotic cells by tetracycline-responsive promoters (5650298)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Stilbene synthase gene (5689046)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Stilbene synthase genes from grapevine (5689047)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Functional DNA block and plasmid coding for hirudin, transformed yeast, method for preparing hirudin, hirudin obtained and its pharmaceutical use (5591640)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Method for producing a polynucleotide for use in single primer amplification (5595891)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Method for preventing amplification of nucleic acid contaminants in amplification mixtures using nuclease-receptor conjugates (5605796)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Double receptor polynucleotide assay method (5629157)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Method for introducing defined sequences at the 3'end of polynucleotides (5679512)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Methods for producing a single stranded polydeoxynucleotide having two different defined sequences and kits (5683879)  
    BIODISCOVERY NEW ZEALAND LTD. (Auckland, NZ); AGRAQUEST, INC. (Davis, CA US) Bacillus thuringiensis strain and metabolite which are active against corn rootworm (5645831)  
    BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Ingelheim, DE) DNA encoding equine-gamma interferon and recombinant production of equine IFN-.gamma. polypeptides (5602010)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Reagents and kits for determining polymerase activity (5635350)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Process for the detection of nucleic acids (5702888)  
    CANGENE CORP. (Mississauga, CA) Streptomyces proteases and improved streptomyces strains for expression of peptides and polypeptides (5616485)  
    CANON KK (Tokyo, JP) Nucleic acid determination employing pyryilium dye (5670315)  
    CANON KK (Tokyo, JP) Process for detecting nucleic acid by capillary electrophoresis (5679516)  
    CELLTECH LTD. (Slough, UK) Animal cell culture (5672502)  
    CHR. HANSEN A/S (Horsholm, DK) Lactic acid bacterial suppressor mutants and their use as selective markers and as means of containment in lactic acid bacteria (5691185)  
    CIBA CORNING DIAGNOSTICS CORP. (Medfield, MA US) DNA sequence for the unique sequence herpes simplex virus type 2-glycoprotein G protein and method of expressing said unique sequence of HSV-2gG (5656457)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Methods for protecting ZEA mays plants against pest damage (5595733)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Regeneration of graminaceous plants of the subfamily pooideae from protoplasts (5596131)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Methods for stable transformation of wheat (5610042)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Chemically regulatable and anti-pathogenic DNA sequences and uses thereof (5614395)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Synthetic DNA sequence having enhanced insecticidal activity in maize (5625136)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Genes for the synthesis of antipathogenic substances (5639949)  
    CLARIANT FINANCE LTD. (Tortola, VG) Cloning and expression of ligninases (5616473)  
    CLARIANT FINANCE LTD. (Tortola, VG) Mating process for preparing Ophiostoma piliferum fungi for pitch reduction (5695975)  
    COOPERS ANIMAL HEALTH LTD. (Upper Hutt, NZ); UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (Wellington, NZ) Antigenic polypeptides of Taenia ovis (5599692)  
    COOPERS ANIMAL HEALTH LTD. (Upper Hutt, NZ); UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); NEW ZEALAND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (Wellington, NZ) Vaccines comprising antigenic polypeptides of Taenia ovis (5618542)  
    CULTOR LTD. (Helsinki, FI) Bioreactor with immobilized lactic acid bacteria and the use thereof (5635368)  
    DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Osaka, JP) Diagnostic applications of double D-loop formation (5670316)  
    DAINIPPON PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD. (Osaka, JP) Agent for inducing phytoalexin and method for inducing phytoalexin (5602111)  
    DAKO/AS (Glastrup, DK) Antibody to PNA/nucleic acid complexes (5612458)  
    DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Method for location of insertion elements (5633154)  
    DELTA BIOTECHNOLOGY LTD. (Nottingham, UK) Stable yeast 2 .mu.m vector (5637504)  
    DIATECH LTD. (London, UK) Translation of mRNA (5612193)  
    EUROLYSINE (Paris, FR) Process for integration of a chosen gene on the chromosome of a bacterium using Mu transposons (5595889)  
    FB INVESTMENTS PTY LTD. (Woolloongabba, AU) Formulations of plant culture media and applications therefor (5604125)  
    FLORIGENE EUROPE B.V. (Rijnsburg, NL) Gerbera jamesonii plants having incurving mature ray florets (5670705)  
    FUJI YAKUHIN KOGYO K. K. (Tokyo, JP) Serum-free medium for tissue culture containing tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases and method for growing cells using the medium (5661034)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Cloning and expression of xylanase B (5610046)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Cloning and expression of the exo-polygalacturonase gene from aspergillus (5624834)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Intersexual heterozygous phycomyces (5643719)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Cloning and expression of acetyl xylan esterases from fungal origin (5681732)  
    GLAXO WELLCOME INC. (Research Triangle Park, NC US) Method for culturing Chinese hamster ovary cells (5633162)  
    GOMEI KAISHA NAKAMURA SANGYO (Fukukoka, JP) Thermocellulolytic bacteria and their uses (5648264)  
    GREEN CROSS CORP. (Kanagawa, JP) Mutant AOX2 promoter, vector carrying same, transformant, and production of heterlogous protein (5683893)  
    GX BIOSYSTEMS A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Biological containment (5670370)  
    GX BIOSYSTEMS A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Biological Containment (5702916)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Biologically pure strain of Enterococcus falcium FERM BP-4504 (5622859)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Non-reducing oligosaccharide with neotrehalose structure, and its production and uses (5656308)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Expression systems for the production of target proteins in bacillus (5646044)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Fat splitting process (5677160)  
    HERAEUS INSTRUMENTS GMBH (Osterode, DE) Culture vessel for cell cultures on a carrier (5702945)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Water-soluble tetraazaporphins and fluorochrome for labeling (5627028)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA analyzing method (5650274)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Methods of introducing foreign DNA into cells (5595899)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Maize resistant to aryloxyphenoxyalkanecarboxylic acid herbicides (5623782)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Synergistic compositions for controlling insects and acarina (5631276)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Transgenic plants displaying virus and phosphinothricin resistance (5633434)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Pyridylsulfonylureas as herbicides and plant growth regulators, processes for their preparation and their use (5635451)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Phosphinothricin-resistance gene, and its use (5637489)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) .alpha.-l-rhamnosidase for obtaining rhamnose, a process for its preparation and its use (5641659)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Phenylsulfonylureas, Processes for their-preparation, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5648315)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Deacetylase genes for the production of phosphinothricin or phosphinothricyl-alanyl-alanine processes for their isolation and their use (5650310)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its use in a process for the biotechnological preparation of L-rhamnose (5658793)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Acylated aminophenylsulfonylureas; preparation and use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5658854)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Recombinant mersacidin and a method for production (5667991)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Deacetylase genes for the production of phosphinothricin or phosphinothricyl-alanyl-alanine, process for their isolation, and their use (5668297)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for the biotechnological preparation of L-thienylalanines in enantiomerically pure form from 2-hydroxy-3-thienylacrylic acids (5688672)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Arylsulfonylureas and their use as herbicides and growth regulators (5688745)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Nitrogen-substituted phenylsulfonylureas; processes for their preparation, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5696053)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) 3'-modified oligonucleotide derivatives (5696248)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Unconventional nucleotide substitution in temperature selective RT-PCR (5618703)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Recombinant expression vectors and purification methods for Thermus thermophilus DNA polymerase (5618711)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Purified thermostable nucleic acid polymerase enzyme from Thermotoga maritima (5624833)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Method to detect protein-protein interactions (5637463)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Kits for high temperature reverse transcription of RNA (5641864)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Recombinant coccidiosis vaccines (5661015)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Coccidiosis vaccines (5688513)  
    IMMUNO AG (Vienna, AU) Recombinant fowlpox virus (5670367)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Method for detecting bovine diarrhoea virus infection, nucleotide sequence encoding a protein induced by this virus infection and recombinant proteins and antigens relating thereto (5648466)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Method of detecting bovine diarrhoea virus infection, nucleotide sequence encoding a protein induced by this virus infection and recombinant proteins and antigens relating thereto (5665534)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding flavonoid pathway enzymes and uses therefor (5639870)  
    ITOHAM FOODS INC. (Nishinomiya, JP) Sexing method of bovine embryos (5661011)  
    JAPAN ENERGY CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Biological degradative treatment of chlorine substituted ethylene (5612204)  
    JINRO LTD. (Seoul, KR) Expression vector for phytolacca antiviral protein and process for preparing transgenic plant transformed therewith (5633155)  
    JINRO LTD. (Seoul, KR) Expression vector for Phytolacca antiviral protein (5648234)  
    JINRO LTD. (Seoul, KR) Process for preparing virus-resistant transgenic plant (5656466)  
    KALYX BIOSCIENCES INC. (Ottawa, CA) Method of amplification for increasing the sensitivity of detecting nucleic acid-probe target hybrids (5627030)  
    KANEBO LTD. (Osaka, JP) Plant virus vector, plasmid, process for expression of foreign gene and process for obtaining foreign gene product (5618699)  
    KUBOTA CORP. (Osaka, JP) Nematoda cultivating method (5694883)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Corynebacterium strain for producing L-tryptophan decreased in phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity (5595906)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-tryptophan, L-tyrosine or L-phenylalanine (5605818)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-amino acid (5629180)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Gene expression regulatory DNA (5700661)  
    LODERS CROKLAAN B.V. (Wormerveer, NL) Low SAFA oils (5670348)  
    MARS UK LTD. (Berkshire, UK) Recombinant 21 kD cocoa protein and precursor (5668007)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Coryneform bacteria DNA fragment containing a gene responsible for the function of autonomous replication of plasmid (5597727)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Methods for introducing a fertility restorer gene and for producing F.sub.1 (5644066)  
    MITSUI PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing a taxane-type diterpene and a method of obtaining cultured cells which produce the taxane-type diterpene at a high rate (5637484)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Agrobacterium bacteria capable of site-specific recombination (5635381)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Production of heterologous proteins in plants and plant cells (5650307)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL); GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Expression of phytase in plants (5593963)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL); RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN (Leiden, NL) Fungal resistant plants, process for obtaining fungal resistant plants and recombinant polynucleotides for use therein (5670706)  
    NEC CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Method for fabricating substrate for cell culture and method for cell arrangements (5602029)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Lactobacillus johnsonii CNCM I-1225 (5603930)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Enhanced procedures for preparing food hydrolysates (5618689)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Plasmid derived from Lactobacillus elbrueckii Sp. (5639644)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Fermented food product and preparation thereof (5645877)  
    NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing plant belonging to the section leuce (5654190)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SHIONOGI AND CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Poultry Mycoplasma antigens and recombinant vectors containing the gene as well as diagnostics and vaccines utilizing the same (5621076)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Regulatory system for expression of nitrilase gene (5602014)  
    NODA INST. FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (Noda, JP); KIKKOMAN CORP. (Chiba, JP) DNA fragment containing a tannase gene, a recombinant plasmid, a process for producing tannase, and a promoter (5665584)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soraphen A resistant fungi and acetyl-CoA carboxylase (5641666)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Chemically regulatable and anti-pathogenic DNA sequences and uses thereof (5650505)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Chemically inducible promoter of a cucumber chitinase/lysozyme gene (5654414)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Transgenic male sterile plants for the production of hybrid seeds (5659124)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Genomic DNA encoding a pseudomonas global transcriptional activation element and its use in activating gene expression (5670350)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Aspergillus niger vacuolar aspartyl protease (5674728)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Genes for the synthesis of antipathogenic substances (5679560)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) DNA encoding the pseudomonas fluorescens sensor/kinase element, lemA, and its use in activating gene expression (5686282)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Genomic DNA encoding the pseudomonas fluorescens alternative sigma factor, RpoS, capable of activating gene expression (5686283)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Process for the genetic manipulation of myxobacteria (5686295)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Antibodies which bind to insect gut proteins and their use (5686600)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Plant adenylosuccinate synthetase and DNA coding therefor (5688939)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Chemically inducible promoter of a plant PR-1 gene (5689044)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method of protecting plants by transformation with genes for the synthesis of antipathogenic substances (5698425)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Carbocyclic nucleosides containing bicyclic rings, oligonucleotides therefrom, process for their preparation, their use and intermediates (5700920)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Synergistic antifungal protein and compositions containing same (5703044)  
    NOVO NORDISK BIOTECH, INC. (Davis, CA US) Aspergillus expression system (5667990)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Xylanase, DNA sequences, coding for the xylanases and methods of use thereof (5610048)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Process for preparing a desired protein (5618697)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Endo-.beta.-1,4-glucanase and a DNA sequence (5624835)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Synthetic leader peptide sequences (5639642)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Thermostable protease from thermococcus (5643777)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alkaline proteases obtainable from Bacillus sp. JA16-38A (5650315)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Xylanase process for producing the same method for the treatment of pulp and production of xylo-oligosaccharides (5658765)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme capable of degrading cellulose or hemicellulose (5686593)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Fungal cellulase composition containing alkaline CMC-endoglucanase and essentially no cellobiohydrolase (5691178)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzymes with xylanase activity from Aspergillus aculeatus (5693518)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Bacillus promoter derived from a variant of a bacillus licheniformis X-amylase promoter (5698415)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK); NOVO NORDISK BIOTECH, INC. (Davis, CA US) Processes for producing an enzyme (5702934)  
    PHARMACIA AND UPJOHN S.P.A. (Milan, IT) Isolation and characterisation of genes resistant to anthracycline antibiotics (5665564)  
    PHARMACIA BIOTECH AB (Upsala, SE) Method of processing nucleic acid samples (5618701)  
    PHARMACIA BIOTECH INC. (Milwaukee, WI US); NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Raleigh, NC US) Purified Thermococcus barossii DNA polymerase (5602011)  
    PHARMING B.V. (Leiden, NL) Method of producing a transgenic bovine or transgenic bovine embryo (5633076)  
    PIACFEJLESZTESI ALAPITVANY (Hatvani, HU) Process for the development of novel type of plants with nitrogen-fixing capacity also in their leaves (5664368)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Control of Ostrinia (5628995)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants with genetic female sterility (5633441)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Modified Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal-crystal protein genes and their expression in plant cells (5633446)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Stamen-specific promoters from rice (5639948)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Process for transforming monocotyledonous plants (5641664)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants (5646024)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Genetically engineered plant cells and plants exhibiting resistance to glutamine synthetase inhibitors, DNA fragments and recombinants for use in the production of said cells and plants (5648477)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Stamen-selective promoters (5652354)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Diabrotica toxins (5659123)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation of monocot cells (5679558)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal toxins (5683691)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants modified with barstar for fertility restoration (5689041)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); EMBRAPA (Brasilia, BR) Seed-specific promoter region (5623067)  
    PPL THERAPEUTICS LTD. (Edinburgh, UK) Genetic construct of which protein coding DNA comprises introns and is designed for protein production in transgenic animals (5650503)  
    Q.B.I. ENTERPRISES LTD. (Omer, IL) Method and means for the production of gene products, novel recombinant DNA vectors therefor and kits employing them (5648235)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) Streptococcus lactis plasmid encoding for mucoidness (5672477)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) K. lactis transaldolase gene promoter and use thereof (5616474)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) Yeast promoter and its use (5627046)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) K. lactis RP28 ribosomal protein gene promoter and use thereof (5627049)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) K. lactis pyruvate-decarboxylase promoter and use thereof (5631143)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) Yeast promoter and use thereof (5646012)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) Polypeptides having NMDA receptor activity, nucleic acids encoding those polypeptides and applications (5648259)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) Polypeptides having granulocyte colony stimulating activity, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them (5665863)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) Cells with altered betaine catabolism and their use in producing metabolites or enzymes (5691163)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Sulfonamide resistance genes and their use (5597717)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Production of .gamma.-linolenic acid by a .DELTA.6-desaturase (5614393)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Polypeptides possessing a nitrilase activity and method of converting nitriles to carboxylates by means of said polypeptides (5629190)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Sulfonamide resistance genes and their use (5633444)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Chimeric gene for the transformation of plants (5633448)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Promoter elements of chimeric genes of .alpha.-tubulin (5635618)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Production of gamma linolenic acid by a .DELTA.6-desaturase (5689050)  
    SAKATA SEED AMERICA, INC. (Yokohama, JP) Male sterile plant species (5650559)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Fungi for pitch reduction and their preparation (5607855)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Anti-microbial proteins (5607919)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Anti-microbial proteins (5608151)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Herbicidal compositions comprising a growth regulating herbicide to safen sulfonylurea herbicides (5612284)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Plant promoter (5612472)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Herbicidal compositions comprising a growth regulating herbicide to safen imidazolinone herbicides (5614466)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Thiol protease inhibitor (5629469)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Gene exhibiting resistance to acetolactate synthase inhibitor herbicides (5633437)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Doubled haploids (5639951)  
    SANOFI, S.A. (Paris, FR); ELF AQUITAINE (Courbevoie, FR) Nucleic acid sequence and plasmids comprising at least one phage resistance mechanism, bacteria in which they are present, and their use (5658770)  
    SCIENTIFIC GENERICS LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Use of multivalent inorganic cations in the electrochemical treatment of nucletic acid containing solutions (5607832)  
    SEMBIOSYS GENETICS INC. (Calgary, CA) Oil-body proteins as carriers of high-value peptides in plants (5650554)  
    SHIMADZU CORP. (Sapporo, JP) Oligonucleotides for detecting Salmonella species and detection process using the same (5683883)  
    SHIONOGI AND CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Protease from Streptomyces fradiae (5665586)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for increasing yield of soybean by inhibition of gibberellin biosynthesis (5665680)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Protein disulfide-isomerase and production thereof (5700678)  
    TASMAN FORESTRY LTD. (Rotorua, NZ) Plant growth establishment and agents for use therein (5672503)  
    TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC. (Tokyo, JP) Luciferase, gene encoding the same and production process of the same (5604123)  
    TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC. (Tokyo, JP) Serine protease and serine protease gene (5661000)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) DNA fragment containing a gene encoding creatinine amidohydrolase (5627065)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) Application of novel DNA fragments as a coding sequence for a signal peptide for the secretion of mature proteins by recombinant yeast, expression cassettes, transformed yeast and corresponding process for the preparation of proteins (5631144)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Methods of detecting and isolating a ripening form of a polypeptide having rhamnogalacturonase activity (5591620)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Production of active Pseudomonas glumae lipase in homologous or heterologous hosts (5641671)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA); CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Chimeric protein comprising an RTX-family cytotoxin and interferon-2 or interferon (5594107)  
    VETREPHARM, INC. (London, CA) Method for stimulation of reproductive performance (5632995)  
    YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Rehovot, IL) Chlorophyll and bacteriochlorophyll derivatives, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them (5650292)  
    ZENCO LTD. (London, UK) Method and instrument for the preparation of pollen for cryogenic storage (5596838)  
    ZENCO LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line ZS1022 (5602314)  
    ZENCO LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line ZS1202 (5602315)  
    ZENCO LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line ZS1783 (5602316)  
    ZENCO LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line ZSO541 (5625131)  
    ZENCO LTD. (London, UK) Method of hybrid crop production using dehydrated pollen from storage (5689914)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Biocidal proteins (5597801)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Expression of genes in transgenic plants using a cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene promoter (5633439)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) DNA, DNA constructs, cells and plants derived therefrom (5659121)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Biological control agent (5681734)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Biocidal proteins (5689043)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Biocidal proteins (5689048)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) DNA encoding biocidal proteins (5691199)  
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    ABIC LTD. (Netanya, IL) Vaccine comprising an infectious bursal disease virus MB, MB-1 or MB-2 strain (5804195)  
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Plant parasitic nematode control (5824876)  
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Modification of starch production (5830724)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Peptide library and screening systems (5723286)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Peptide library and screening method (5733731)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Methods for generating polynucleotides having desired characteristics by iterative selection and recombination (5811238)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) DNA mutagenesis by random fragmentation and reassembly (5830721)  
    AGREVO UK LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Herbicide test method (5786165)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for supplementing amino acid levels in ruminant animals (5720970)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Feed additive for sows (5728398)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Bacillus-derived transglutaminase (5731183)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Transglutaminase originating from Crassostrea gigas (5736356)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Granular feed additives for ruminants containing lipase, bile powder and pancreatin (5753223)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-leucine (5763231)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing L-lysine (5766925)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Gene encoding interleukin-2 polypeptide, recombinant DNA carrying the gene, a living cell line possessing the recombinant DNA and method for producing interleukin-2 using the cell (5795769)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Gene coded for interleukin-2 polypeptide, recombinant DNA carrying the said gene, a living cell line possessing the recombinant DNA, and method for producing interleukin-2 using the said cell (5795777)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of amplifying genes using artificial transposons in coryneform bacteria (5804414)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Dipeptidyl peptidase IV from Xanthomonas maltophilia and process for producing the same (5811278)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Feed additive for sows (5814333)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Aminopeptidase GX, and a method of hydrolyzing a protein with the same (5824534)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Lysine decarboxylase gene and method of producing l-lysine (5827698)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for efficiently producing transglutaminase through DNA recombination (5827712)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Increased amounts of substances by modifying a microorganism to increase production of NADPH from NADH (5830716)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Methods of producing L-lysine and L-glutamic acid by fermentation (5846790)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Chicken anaemia agent vaccine (5728569)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Newcastle disease virus combination vaccine (5733556)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Pseudorabies virus vaccine (5738854)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Mild newcastle disease virus vaccine (5750111)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Poultry vaccine (5750113)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Escherichia coli vaccine (5750115)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) High-flux semipermeable membrane containing immobilized affinity ligands (5766908)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Elimination of false negatives in nucleic acid detection (5770360)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Coccidiosis poultry vaccine DNA encoding an elmeria 20K antigen (5780289)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Eimeria polypeptide antigen and vaccines containing the same (5783197)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) DNA encoding an Eimekia 50 KD antigen (5789233)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Vaccine against viruses associated with antibody-dependent-enhancement of viral infectivity (5789388)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) DNA encoding an Eimeria 200 kd antigen (5792644)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Coccidiosis poultry vaccine (5795741)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Hog cholera virus vaccine and diagnostic (5811103)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Eimeria tenella polypeptide and vaccine containing same (5814320)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Nucleic acid quantitation by co-amplification of target with multiple internal controls (5837501)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Coccidiosis poultry vaccine (5843722)  
    ALFA LAVAL AGRI. INTERNATIONAL AB (Tumba, SE) Fibronectin binding protein (5789549)  
    ALKO LTD. (Helsinki, FI) Yeast strains producing cellulolytic enzymes and methods and means for constructing them (5766915)  
    AMERSHAM PHARMACIA BIOTECH UK LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Primer extension mass spectroscopy nucleic acid sequencing method (5849542)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Enhanced implantation, development and maintenance of embryos using leukaemia inhibitory factor (5712156)  
    AMYLOGENE HB (Svalov, SE) Genetically engineered modification of potato to obtain amylopectin-type starch (5824798)  
    ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Method for purifying plasmid DNA on calcium phosphate compound (5843731)  
    ASTRA AB (Sodertalje, SE) Transgenic non-human mammals that express human BSSL/CEL (5716817)  
    ASTRA AB (Sodertalje, SE) Transgenic non-human mammals producing BSSL variants (5763739)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) 3-halo-3-hetarylcarboxylic acid derivatives, and processes and intermediates for their preparation (5753594)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Azido-caprolactam as inhibitor for selecting microorganisms with high lysine productivity (5770412)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Riboflavin-biosynthesis in fungi (5821090)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Low rate application of inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis or action (5834403)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Encapsulated plant growth regulator formulations (5837653)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE); KLEINWANZLEBENER SAATZUCHT AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Tetracycline-regulated transcriptional inhibitors (5789156)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE); KNOLL AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Methods for regulating gene expression (5814618)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Caffeoyl-CoA 3-O-methyltransferase genes (5728570)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Pseudorabies virus (PRV) polynucleotides and their use for preparing virus-resistant eukaryotic cells (5798265)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Granulates containing micro-organisms (5804208)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Stilbene synthase genes for grapevine (5834268)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Enzyme determination with protease inactivation (5846754)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Cross-protective equine herpesvirus preparations and method of making and using the same (5853715)  
    BEECHAM GROUP LTD. (Brentford, UK) DNA molecules and vectors regarding clavulanic acid biosynthesis enzymes (5759831)  
    BIO POLYMERS PTY. LTD. (Melbourne, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Industrial pharmaceutical and cosmetics applications for cultured plant cell gums (5747297)  
    BIO-POLYMER RESEARCH CO., LTD. (Kawasaki, JP) Cellulose-producing microorganism transformed with a gene for an enzyme involved in sucrose metabolism (5792630)  
    BIOPTION AB (Tullinge, SE) DNA expression systems based on alphaviruses (5739026)  
    BIO-RAD LAB. S.R.L. (Segrate, IT) Crystallized formulation for staining DNA, its preparation and kit (5753443)  
    BIOSCOT LTD. (Edinburgh, UK) Particle settler for use in cell culture (5817505)  
    BIOSEM (Ennezat, FR) Transgenic plants belonging to the species Cucumis melo (5789656)  
    BIOSTAR, INC. (Saskatoon, CA) Bovine heat shock promoter and uses thereof (5733745)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU) Vaccines against animal parasitic nematodes (5843710)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Nematode vaccine (5734035)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Vaccines against animal parasitic nematodes (5843706)  
    BIOTEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT (Kolding, DK); CHR. HANSEN A/S (Horsholm, DK) Recombinant lactic acid bacterium containing an inserted promoter and method of constructing same (5837509)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Simultaneous sequencing of nucleic acids (5714318)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Method for the sensitive detection of nucleic acids (5753433)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Recombinant DNA and expression vector for the repressible and inducible expression of foreign genes (5830720)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Selective photoinducted flavin-dependent cleavage of RNA at G-U base pairs and kits therefor (5834198)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Nucleic acid analogue induced transcription of double stranded DNA (5837459)  
    CALPIS FOOD INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plasmid and plasmid vector (5766940)  
    CANON KK (Tokyo, JP) Method for detecting a target nucleic acid by using an interaction of two kinds of reagents (5705346)  
    CANON KK (Tokyo, JP) Method for recovering DNA from soil (5753466)  
    CANON KK (Tokyo, JP) Partially double-stranded oligonucleotide and method for forming oligonucleotide (5830643)  
    CEMU BIOTEKNIK AB (Uppsala, SE) Competitive PCR for quantitation of DNA (5712125)  
    CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INST. (Kumamoto, JP) Exogenous gene expression vector containing chick .beta.-actin gene promoter (5811260)  
    CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INST. (Kumamoto, JP); JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (Tokyo, JP) Shuttle vector (5707862)  
    CHR. HANSEN A/S (Horsholm, DK) Applications of fluorescent N-nucleosides and fluorescent structural analogs of N-nucleosides (5763167)  
    CIS BIO INTERNATIONAL (Saclay, FR) Process for preparing double-stranded RNA, and its applications (5795715)  
    CLARIANT FINANCE LTD. (Tortola, VG) Pitch degradation with wood colonizing bacteria (5766926)  
    CLARIANT FINANCE LTD. (Tortola, VG) Process for treating pulpwoods and pulps with a pitch degrading fungus of the genus Ophiostoma (5853537)  
    CO.RI.AL. S.C.P.A. (Foggia, IT) Method for the determination of lactic acid in organic materials of alimentary interest and biosensor for putting this method into effect (5759796)  
    DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Osaka, JP) In situ hybridization method (5719023)  
    DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Production of tryptophan by the bacterium Escherichia coli (5756345)  
    DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Microorganisms their use and method of producing L-.alpha.-amino acids (5827717)  
    DRAGERWERK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (Lubeck, DE) Monoclonal antibodies for the detection of pyrethroids and a process for their production (5723306)  
    DYNAL A/S (Oslo, NO) Process for producing cDNA (5759820)  
    EVOTEC BIOSYSTEMS GMBH (Hamburg, DE) Process for manufacturing new biopolymers (5795747)  
    FB INVESTMENTS PTY LTD. (Woolloongabba, AU) Method of random amplification of polymorphic DNA (5759821)  
    FLORIGENE EUROPE B.V. (Rijnsburg, NL) Genetically transformed rose plants and methods for their production (5792927)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) Ribozymes (5707835)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) Ribozymes (5747335)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) Hammerhand ribozymes (5840874)  
    GENE TYPE AG (Geneva, CH) Genomic mapping method by direct haplotyping using intron sequence analysis (5851762)  
    GENESIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., LTD. (Auckland, NZ); FLETCHER CHALLENGE FORESTS LTD (Auckland, NZ) Materials and method for the modification of plant lignin content (5850020)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Modified signal sequences (5705362)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Production of heterologous proteins in filamentous fungi (5710021)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Method to alter the properties of acetylated xylan (5763260)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Cloning of the zymocin gene and use of zymocin in beverages (5783183)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Cheesemaking with recombinant aspartic protease (5800849)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Enzyme preparations stabilized with inorganic salts (5827709)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Method for producing lipolytic enzymes using transformed Pseudomonas (5830735)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Transformation of phaffia rhodozyma (5840528)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Expression of phytase in plants (5770413)  
    GLAXO GROUP LTD. (Greenford Middlesex, UK) End-complementary polymerase reaction (5834252)  
    GLAXO WELLCOME INC. (Research Triangle Park, NC US) Vaccines containing salmonella bacteria attenuated by mutations in two genes of the aromatic amino acid biosynthetic pathway (5770214)  
    GLAXO WELLCOME INC. (Research Triangle Park, NC US) Vaccines containing bacteria attenuated by mutations in two genes of the aromatic amino acid biosynthetic pathway (5811105)  
    GLAXO WELLCOME INC. (Research Triangle Park, NC US); ROYAL SOCIETY (London, UK); LISTER INST. OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (Middlesex, UK); UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE (Glasgow, UK) Live vaccines (5851519)  
    GOMEI KAISHA NAKAMURA SANGYO (Fukukoka, JP) Thermocellulolytic bacteria and their uses (5733741)  
    GREEN CROSS CORP. (Kanagawa, JP) Mutant AOX2 promoter, vector carrying same, transformant and production of heterologous protein (5707827)  
    GUEST ELCHROM SCIENTIFIC (Cham, CH) Electrophoresis gels of enhanced selectivity (5840877)  
    GX BIOSYSTEMS A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Method of limiting the survival of genetically engineered microorganisms in their enivronment (5834233)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) DNA encoding enzyme, recombinant DNA and enzyme, transformant, and their preparations and uses (5716813)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Maltohexaose and maltoheptaose-forming amylase, and its preparation and uses (5739024)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Recombinant enzyme for converting maltose into trehalose from pimelobacter sp. (5763228)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Recombinant thermostable enzyme for converting maltose into trehalose from Thermus aquaticus (5773282)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Non-reducing oligosaccharides and their production and use (5780620)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Saccharide composition containing trehalulose, its preparation and uses (5824521)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) DNA encoding enzyme, recombinant DNA and enzyme, transformant, and their preparations and uses (5830715)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) DNA encoding enzyme, recombinant DNA and enzyme, transformant, and their preparation and uses (5834287)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Maltohexaose and maltoheptaose forming amylase, and its preparation and uses (5846808)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Process for continuously splitting a glyceride into carboxylic acids and glycerin (5830719)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gene database retrieval system where a key sequence is compared to database sequences by a dynamic programming device (5706498)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA sequencing by extension of probe chip immobilized oligonucleotides (5741644)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA base sequencer (5744097)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Fractionation method for nucleotide fragments (5817464)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA analyzing method (5824481)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Multifunctional RNA having self-processing activity, the preparation thereof and the use thereof (5707840)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) N-heteroaryl-N'-(pyrid-2-ylsulfonyl)ureas, processes for their preparation, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5714436)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) DNA sequences for an amino acid transporter, plasmids, bacteria, yeasts and plants containing a transporter and their use (5719043)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Use of balhimycin as production promoter in animals, and production promoter compositions (5719121)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Intermediates for the preparation of phenylsulfonylurea herbicides and plant growth regulators (5723409)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Plant promoters specific for sink organ expression of genes (5723757)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Transgenic plants expressing a prokaryotic ammonium dependent asparagine synthetase (5723762)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Water-dispersible granules of spores or live Beauveria bassiana (5730973)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Method of improving the yield of herbicide-resistant crop plants (5739082)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for preparing L-tertiary-Leucine and L-phosphinothricine by transamination (5753470)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Zea mays (L.) with capability of long term, highly efficient plant regeneration including fertile transgenic maize plants having a heterologous gene, and their preparation (5767367)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Deacetylase genes for the production of phosphinothricin or phosphinothricyl-alanyl-alanine, processes for their isolation, and their use (5767370)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Deacetylase genes for the production of phosphinothricin or phosphin-othricyl-alanyl-alanine, process for their isolation, and their use (5767371)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Nucleotide monomers containing 8-azapurin bases or a derivative thereof, their preparation and their use in making modified olignonucleotides (5789562)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) DNA sequences which lead to the formation of levans plasmids containing these sequences as well as a process for preparing transgenic plants (5792923)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Virus/herbicide resistance genes, processes for producing same and their use (5792926)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Zea mays (L.) with capability of long term, highly efficient plant regeneration including fertile transgenic maize plants having a heterologous gene, and their preparation (5792936)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Maize resistant to aryloxyphenoxyalkanecarboxylic acid herbicides (5808174)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Antifungal polypeptide and process for its production (5824874)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Multifunctional RNA having self-processing activity, the preparation thereof and the use thereof (5834265)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for the isolation and characterization of a gene enzyme system for inactivation of the herbicide phenmedipham and transfer of the gene into plants to produce herbicide-tolerant plants (5846803)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) N-substituted hydrazinophenylsulfonylureas, processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulations (5849666)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Sulfur-substituted phenylsulfonylureas, processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5854179)  
    HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. (Nutley, NJ US) Acylated oligopeptides for transfecting cells (5759827)  
    ID BIOMEDICAL CORP. (Burnaby, CA) Compositions and methods for detecting target nucleic acid sequences utilizing adjacent sequence-enzyme molecules (5731146)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Plants with altered ability to synthesize starch and process for obtaining them (5792920)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Fermentation process (5840543)  
    Individual inventor(s); NAGASE BIOCHEMICASL, LTD. (Handa, JP); RISAHRU KOSAN LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Bacterial Preparation for agricultural use (5733355)  
    INST. DE RECHERCHE JOUVEINAL, S.A. (Rueil-Malmaison, FR) Nucleic acids encoding dog gastric lipase and their use for the production of polypeptides (5807726)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Avian herpesvirus-based live recombinant avian vaccine, in particular against Gumboro disease (5733554)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Viral vaccines (5744143)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Chimera oligonucleotide and its utilization for obtaining transcripts of a nucleic acid (5744308)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Vaccine method against swine dysentery (5750118)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Method for amplifying nucleic acid sequences by strand displacement using DNA/RNA chimeric primers (5824517)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Viral vaccines (5840574)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for introducing two T-DNAS into plants and vectors therefor (5731179)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Phospholipase D gene originated from plant (5747327)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing potato tubers using a graft plant (5771633)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) DNA fragment, recombinant vector containing the same and method for expressing foreign genes using the same (5801016)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Pectinase from Saccharomyces bayanus (5807727)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) DNA encoding ATP-dependent fructose 6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase originating from plant, recombinant vector containing the same and method for changing sugar content in plant cells under low temperature (5824862)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) .alpha.-agarase and production process of oligosaccharides and monosaccharides (5834257)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Disease-controlling agent and disease control method for useful gramineous plants (5843428)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing potato microtubers (5854066)  
    JINRO LTD. (Seoul, KR) Genome coding phytolacca antiviral protein and a recombinant expression vector therefor (5723326)  
    KALYX BIOSCIENCES INC. (Ottawa, CA) Enhancing detection polymerase chain reaction assays by RNA transcription and immunodetection of RNA:DNA hybrids (5827661)  
    KANEGAFUCHI KAGAKU KOGYO K. K. (Osaka, JP) Recombinant decarbamylases for producing D-.alpha.-amino acids (5824522)  
    KEMIRA AGRO OY (Helsinki, FI) Microorganisms for biological control of fungal infections and pests of plants (5811090)  
    KIKKOMAN CORP. (Chiba, JP) Biotinated firefly luciferase, a gene for biotinated firefly luciferase, a recombinant DNA, a process for producing biotinated luciferase and a bioluminescent analysis method (5814465)  
    KIKKOMAN CORP. (Chiba, JP) Biotinated firefly luciferase, a gene for biotinated firefly luciferase, a recombinant DNA, a process for producing biotinated luciferase and a bioluminescent analysis method (5843746)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Alcohol acetyltransferase genes and use thereof (5728412)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Transformation systems for the yeast candida utilis and the expression of heterologous genes therewith (5849524)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) DNA strands useful for the synthesis of xanthophylls and the process for producing the xanthophylls (5811273)  
    KUBOTA CORP. (Osaka, JP) Microorganism and insecticide (5747450)  
    KUBOTA CORP. (Osaka, JP) Microorganism and insecticide (5824878)  
    KYOGO DAIICHI KAGAKU CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Fructosyl amino acid oxidase and process for producing the same (5789221)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process of feeding juvenile fish with astaxanthin-containing zooplankton (5739006)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Inosine-guanosine kinase (5756315)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing disaccharides and novel disaccharides (5776739)  
    L.V.M.H. RECHERCHE (Nanterre, FR) Variable-volume reactor-type device and process for culturing cellular material (5707868)  
    LONZA LTD. (Gampel, CH) Genes for butyrobetaine/crotonobetaine-l-carnitine metabolism and their use for the microbiological production of l-carnitine (5759824)  
    LORNE PARK RESEARCH, INC. (Toronto, CA) Assaying nucleotides in solution using a fluorescent intensity quenching effect (5846729)  
    MANE,V. ET FILS S.A. (Bar-Sur-Loup, FR) Method for the enzymatic preparation of aromatic substances (5712132)  
    MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Scanning probe microscope and molecular processing method using the scanning probe microscope (5730940)  
    MEIJI MILK PRODUCTS CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gene integration into chromosomes of lactobacillus delbrueckii species and integrants thereof (5747310)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for reducing the incidence of premature piglets by using feed containing oligosaccharides (5714181)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Promoter DNA fragment from coryneform bacteria (5726299)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Oligonucleotide and method for analyzing base sequence of nucleic acid (5738993)  
    MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC. (Tokyo, JP) Phytase (5840561)  
    MITSUI TOATSU CHEMICALS INC. (Tokyo, JP) Phytase (5830732)  
    MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Isolated DNA encoding novel protease inhibitory polypeptide (5792629)  
    MOCHIDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA fragment, vector containing the DNA fragment, transformant transformed with the vector and process for producing protein using the vector (5840518)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Transgenic plants having a modified carbohydrate content (5705375)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Production of enzymes in seeds and their use (5714474)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Production of heterologous proteins in plants and plant cells (5716802)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Production of heterologous protein in plants and plant cells (5763748)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Method for the isolation and/or testing of genes and promoters involved in plant-nematode interactions using plants of the genus arabidopsis (5770786)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Method for producing seeds and plants thereof involving an in vitro step (5840557)  
    MUKOYAMA ORCHIDS LTD. (Yamanashi, JP) Support for growing/regenerating plant and method of growing/regenerating plant (5827743)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Hydrolysis of the galactomannans of coffee extract with immobilized beta-mannanase (5714183)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Lactic bacteria producing exopolysaccharides (5733765)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Preparation of thiols with food-acceptable micro-organisms (5747302)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Peptide isolated from micrococcus varians and use thereof (5756665)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Fermented food product for animals (5759598)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Phage-resistant streptococcus (5766904)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Low-temperature inactive industrial baker's yeast and process for preparing same (5776526)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Lactic bacteria producing exopolysaccharides (5786184)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Method for preparing a flavoring base (5789003)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Process for reducing spoilage of sterilized liquid products (5800850)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Fermented meat trim and its incorporation in meat (5827550)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Baker's yeasts having a low temperature inactivation property (5827724)  
    NEXIA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Montreal, CA) Direct gene transfer into the ruminant mammary gland (5780009)  
    NICKERSON BIOCEM LIMITED (Cambridge, UK) DNA encoding 2-acyltransferases (5843739)  
    NIHON NOHYAKU CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for production of exogenous gene or its product in plant cells (5824856)  
    NIPPON MEDICAL AND CHEMICAL INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Apparatus for introducing biological substances or biologically active substances (5753496)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth promoter (5776860)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth promoter comprising jasmonate and brassinolide (5814581)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for preserving nitrile hydratase or nitrilase activity of microbial cells with inorganic salts (5705382)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Bacillus strain and harmful organism controlling agents (5736514)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gene encoding a regulatory factor involved in activating expression of the nitrilase gene promoter (5830693)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Bacillus strain and harmful organism controlling agents (5834296)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Bacillus strain and harmful organism controlling agents (5837526)  
    NISSUI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method and reagent for simultaneously assaying one or more ligands in a group of preselected ligands (5789165)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Genomic DNA encoding a Pseudomonas global transcriptional activation element and its use in activating gene expression (5710031)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Plant adenylosuccinate lyase and DNA coding therefor (5712382)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Genes for the biosynthesis of soraphen (5716849)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred corn line CG00685 use thereof (5723721)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Pyrrolnitrin biosynthesis genes (5723759)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Process for the production of protease inhibitors (5726043)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred maize line CG5NA01 (5728922)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred maize line CG5NF22 (5731500)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred maize line CG4NU15 (5731501)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred maize lines CG5NA58 and CG5NA58A (5731502)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred corn line NP 948 (5731503)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred corn line CG00766 (5731506)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Plant geraniol/nerol 10-hydroxylase and DNA coding therefor (5753507)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Genetically modified Pseudomonas strains with enhanced biocontrol activity (5756087)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Aspergillus niger vacuolar aspartyl protease (5756338)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Immunological detection method (5756683)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method of regenerating fertile transgenic Zea mays plants from protoplasts (5766900)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) DNA sequences encoding SAR8.2 proteins and uses thereof (5767369)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Manipulation of protoporphyrinogen oxidase enzyme activity in eukaryotic organisms (5767373)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Mannose or xylose based positive selection (5767378)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Zea mays plants regenerated from protoplasts or protoplast-derived cells (5770450)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Chemically regulatable and anti-pathogenic DNA sequences and uses thereof (5777200)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method of inducing gene transcription in a plant (5789214)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method for breeding disease resisteance into plants (5792904)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred corn line NP 982 (5792905)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred corn line NP 2034 (5792906)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Tissue-preferential promoters (5792925)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Detection of maize fungal pathogens using the polymerase chain reaction (5800997)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Recombinant production of proteins using 7B2 protein (5804417)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Chemically regulatable and anti-pathogenic DNA sequences and uses thereof (5804693)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred corn line NP 2045 (5811645)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Detection of fungal pathogens using the polymerase chain reaction (5814453)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Genes for the synthesis of pyrrolnitrin (5817502)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred corn line NP 993 (5817914)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method of controlling insect larvae comprising feeding an insecticidal amount of a transgenic maize plant expressing a polypeptide having Bt-crystal protein toxic properties (5824302)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Methods for the production of hybrid seed (5824542)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred corn line NP 2013 (5824852)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Detection of wheat fungal pathogens using the polymerase chain reaction (5827695)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Safened sulfonamide herbicidal compositions (5846902)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) DNA encoding .beta.-1,3-glucanases (5847258)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Pesticidal proteins and strains (5849870)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Process for isolating chemically regulatable DNA sequences (5851766)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme exhibiting pectin methylesterase activity (5707847)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with endoglucanase activity (5723328)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Amplification of genomic DNA by site specific integration of a selectable marker construct (5733753)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Useful mutations of bacterial alkaline protease (5741694)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alkaline lipases (5763383)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Humicola lipase produced in aspergillus (5766912)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) DNA constructs and methods of producing xylanolytic enzymes (5770424)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Fungal cellulase composition containing alkaline CMC-endoglucanase and essentially no cellobiohydrolase and method of making thereof (5776757)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Synthetic leader peptide sequences (5795746)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme exhibiting mannanase activity (5795764)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Amylase variants (5801043)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with rhamnogalacturonase activity (5811291)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) DNA encoding an enzyme with endoglucanase activity from Trichoderma harzianum (5817499)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Animal feed additives (5817500)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Protease variants and compositions (5837517)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Gene expression system (5843702)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with protease activity (5854050)  
    OJI PAPER CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Thermostable xylanase (5736384)  
    ORIENTAL YEAST CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing glycine-N-methyl transferase using recombinant DNA (5814505)  
    PERI DEVLOPMENT APPLICATIONS, LTD. (Beit Dagan, IL) Method for breeding tomatoes with superior taste characteristics and product of the method (5817913)  
    PHARMACEUTICAL PROTEINS LTD. (Edinburgh, UK) Increased expression of a gene by a second transferred mammary gland specific sequence transgenic (5714345)  
    PHARMING B.V. (Leiden, NL) Homologous recombination in mammalian cells (5721367)  
    PHARMING B.V. (Leiden, NL) Transgenic bovine (5741957)  
    PHARMING B.V. (Leiden, NL) Transgenic non human mammal milk (5750172)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Process for transforming monocotyledonous plants (5712135)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their genes encoding insecticidal toxins (5723756)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants with modified flowers (5723763)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Maintenance of male-sterile plants (5750867)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Endotoxins (5760181)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation vectors allowing expression of foreign polypeptide endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis in plants (5767372)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants with modified flowers seeds or embryos (5767374)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants with modified flowers (5792929)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their genes encoding insecticidal toxins (5837237)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation vectors allowing expression of foreign polypeptide endotoxins in plants (5843898)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Chimaeric gene coding for a transit peptide and a heterologous peptide (5717084)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Chimaeric gene coding for a transit peptide and a heterologous polypeptide (5728925)  
    PPL THERAPEUTICS LTD. (Edinburgh, UK) .alpha.-lactalbumin gene constructs (5852224)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) DNA encodoing phage abortive infection protein from lactococcus lactis and method of use thereof (5814499)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) Isolated DNA encoding enzyme for phage resistance (5824523)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Plant growth regulation using 3-cyano-1-phenylpyrazoles such as fipronil (5707934)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Sulfonamide resistance genes and their use (5719046)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Chimeric nitrilase-encoding gene for herbicidal resistance (5773698)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Production of .gamma.-linolenic acid by a .DELTA.6-desaturase (5789220)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Chimeric gene for the transformation of plants (5792930)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Chimeric plant genes based on upstream regulatory elements of helianthinin (5824865)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Seed specific biotinylated protein, SBP65, from leguminous plants (5837820)  
    ROHM ENZYME FINL AND OY (Rajamaki, FI) Nucleic acid molecules encoding phytase and pH2.5 acid phosphatase (5830733)  
    ROHM ENZYME FINL AND OY (Rajamaki, FI) Recombinant cells that express phytate degrading enzymes in desired ratios (5834286)  
    ROHM ENZYME FINL AND OY (Rajamaki, FI) Mannanase enzymes, genes coding for them and a method for isolating the genes, as well as a process for bleaching of lignocellulosic pulp (5854047)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR) Sucrose phosphate synthetase isolated from maize (5714365)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR); NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL (UK) (Swindon, UK) Biological control agents (5770192)  
    RUSTICA PROGRAIN GENETIQUE (Mondonville, FR) Plant promoter, microorganisms and plant cells containing a unit for the expression of a protein of interest comprising said promoter (5792932)  
    SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER (Tokyo, JP); HOLLAND SWEETNER COMPANY V.O.F. (Maastricht, NL) Protease II (5728544)  
    SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER (Tokyo, JP); TAMA BIOCHEMICAL CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP); BAL PLANNING (Ichinomiya, JP) Epoxycyclohexane derivative and plant growth regulator (5801123)  
    SAKATA SEED AMERICA, INC. (Yokohama, JP) Inbred broccoli line SA-5 (5731505)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Method of controlling insect with novel insecticidal protein (5712248)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Insecticide protein and gene (5731194)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Hybrid toxin (5736131)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Constructs containing impatiens necrotic spot tospovirus RNA and methods of use thereof (5773700)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Screening method for detection of herbicides (5780253)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Method for detection of herbicides (5780254)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Bacillus thuringiensis sporulation gene (5827515)  
    SANDOZ LTD. (Basel, CH) Insecticidal matrix and process for preparation thereof (5851545)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Barley .beta. amylase structural gene (5726057)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing virus-free rootsticks of hop (5731201)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Culture medium and a microbiological test method employing the same (5756303)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gene expression vector using the gene expression regulating region of the ADP ribosylation factor (5773688)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Variety classification method for barley or malt using gene diagnosis and the primer used therefor (5807676)  
    SCIENTIFIC GENERICS LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Use of multivalent inorganic cations in the electrochemical treatment of nucleic acid (5814450)  
    SCIENTIFIC GENERICS LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Electrochemical denaturation of double-stranded nucleic acid (5824477)  
    SEED CAPITAL INVESTMENT B.V. (Utrecht, NL) Cultured cells of quillaja sp (5716848)  
    SEMBIOSYS GENETICS INC. (Calgary, CA) Oil-body protein cis-elements as regulatory signals (5792922)  
    SGB AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Nutrient status of plants in soils (5770787)  
    SHIMADZU CORP. (Sapporo, JP) Oligonucleotides for detecting bacteria and detection process (5795717)  
    SHIN-ETSU BIO, INC. (San Diego, CA US); SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA segments and methods for increasing polysaccharide production (5854034)  
    SHOWA DENKO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Method for preparing dimethylcarboxylic acid compounds (5716815)  
    SNOW BRAND SEED CO., LTD. (Sapporo, JP) Method for depressing methanogenesis in the rumen of a ruminant (5843498)  
    SOUTHERN CROSS BIOTECH PARTY, LTD (Melbourne, AU) Process for the production of recombinant polypeptides (5747290)  
    SUDZUCKER AG (Mannheim, DE) DNA's encoding sucrose isomerase and palatinase (5786140)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for enhancing disease and pest resistance of plants (5767377)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Production of insecticidal protein of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai by the expression of insecticidal protein gene in host cells (RE35714)  
    SVERIGES STARKELSEPRODUCENTER, FORENING UPA (Karlshamn, SE) Filling agent (5759597)  
    SYMBICOM AB (Umea, SE) Human .beta.-casein, process for producing it and use thereof (5739407)  
    SYSTEMS BIO-INDUSTRIES (Boulogne, FR) Nucleic acid sequence and plasmids comprising at least one phage resistence mechanism, bacteria containing them and their use (5712150)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Almond N-glycosidase gene (5710016)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Restriction endonuclease (5726052)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Hyperthermostable .beta.-galactosidase gene, enzyme encoded thereby, and process for production (5744345)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Method for cloning of a gene for pol I type DNA polymerase (5753482)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Hyperthermostable protease gene (5756339)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Genes encoding enzymes of bali restriction-modification system (5789226)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Promoter and method of gene expression using the same (5827687)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Endo-xyloglucan transferase (5840550)  
    TAKII SHUBYO CO. (Kyoto, JP) Hybrid breeding methods for crop plants in the family brassicaceae (5711108)  
    TAMA BIOCHEMICAL CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Brassinosteroid derivative and plant growth regulator using the same (5763366)  
    TERRAGEN DIVERSITY INC. (Vancouver, CA) Method for isolating xylanase gene sequences from soil DNA, compositions useful in such method and compositions obtained thereby (5849491)  
    TOMY SEIKO CO., LTD. (Chiyoda, JP) Method and device for extraction and purification of DNA (5834303)  
    TOSOH CORP. (Shinnanyo, JP) Method of detecting specific nucleic acid sequences (5814447)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Sorbitol oxidase reagent from xanthomonas (5741687)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Method and reagent for detecting a ligand in a sample (5821061)  
    TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO K. K. (Gifu-ken, JP); AISIN SEIKI K.K. (Tokyo, JP) Method of detecting nucleic acid (5728531)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) Expression of a tumor-specific antigen by a recombinant vector virus and use thereof in preventitive or curative treatment of the corresponding tumor (5744133)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) Vectors for the expression and secretion of hirudin by transformed yeasts (5821079)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) DNA sequences, vectors, recombinant viruses and method which employs recombinant vaccinia viruses capable of muliplying in CHO cells (5830688)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Process for producing/secreting a protein by a transformed mould using expression/secretion regulating regions derived from a aspergillus endoxylanase II gene (5705358)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Expression and production of polypeptides using the promoters of the hansenula polymorpha MOX and DAS genes (5741672)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Soft-milling wheats which produce dough with low elasticity (5763741)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Fresh, renneted cast cheese and a method of manufacturing (5766656)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase (5767364)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Process for producing gamma-lactomes (5789212)  
    UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Gainesville, FL US); ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Tomato ripening TOM41 compositions and methods of use (5824873)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Virtual DNA sequencer (5776767)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method for amplification and sequencing of nucleic acid polymers (5789168)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method and kit for quantitation and nucleic acid sequencing of nucleic acid analytes in a sample (5795722)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method for single-tube sequencing of nucleic acid polymers (5830657)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method and system for DNA sequence determination and mutation detection with reference to a standard (5853979)  
    WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Heat-stable and water soluble modified enzymes (5834273)  
    WHITBREAD PLC (London, UK); UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CARDIFF CONSULTANTS LTD. (Cardiff, UK) DNA encoding enzymes of the glycolytic pathway for use in alcohol producing yeast (5786186)  
    ZENECA AGROCHEMICALS (London, UK) Antimicrobial proteins (5750504)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) PTOM36 constructs and tomato cells transformed therewith (5744364)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Process for modifying the production of carotenoids in plants, and DNA, constructs and cells therefor (5750865)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Method of controlling plants by inhibition of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (5756423)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Insecticidal toxins derived from funnel web (atrax or hadronyche) spiders (5763568)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Antimicrobial proteins from Allium (5773694)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Oligonucleotide signalling conjugate (5800985)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Catalytic antibodies for carbamate activation by a non-spontaneous reaction mechanism (5807688)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Plant gene construct comprising male flower specific promoters (5808034)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Modification of starch synthesis in plants (5824790)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Biocidal proteins (5824869)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Nucleic acid detection with energy transfer (5827653)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Root-specific promoter (5837848)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Expression of self processing polyproteins in transgenic plants (5846767)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK); ICI AUSTRALIA OPERATIONS PROPRIETARY LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Maize acetyl CoA carboxylase encoding DNA clones (5854420)  
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    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-glutamic acid by continuous fermentation (5869300)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for supplementing amino acid levels in ruminant animals (5871773)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Mutant phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, its gene, and production method of amino acid (5876983)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Diet for stabilizing high milk yield of dairy cow and feeding method for obtaining stable high milk yield (5906842)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Milk whey protein-containing powder and process food obtained by using the same (5907031)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation with E. coli resistant to aspartic acid antimetabolite (5908768)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method and apparatus for controlling carbon source concentration in aerobic cultivation of a microorganism (5912113)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Mutant phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, its gene, and production method of amino acid (5919694)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Gene derived from coryneform bacteria and use thereof (5929221)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-amino acid through fermentation (5932453)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Bacillus-derived transglutaminase (5948662)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing a condiment (5955124)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Enzyme preparation for use in the binding of food materials and process for producing bound food (5968568)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Bacterial strain of Escherichia coli BKIIM B-3996 as the producer of L-threonine (5976843)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) .alpha.-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase gene (5977331)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of process for producing L-lysine by fermentation (5989875)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-lysine (6004773)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Expression of porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome virus polypeptides in the same cell (5858729)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Vector vaccines of bovine herpesvirus I (5874280)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Coccidiosis poultry vaccine (5885568)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Inactivated vaccines (5914113)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Fish pancreatic disease virus (5914260)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Viral vector vaccines comprising nucleic acids encoding eimeria proteins for poultry vaccination against coccidiosis (5925347)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) European vaccine strains of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (5925359)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Hog cholera virus vaccine and diagnostic (5925360)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale vaccines (5925361)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Nucleic acid primers for amplification of a mycobacteria RNA template (5925518)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Hog cholera virus vaccine and diagnostic (5935582)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Fish pancreatic disease virus (5939073)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Non-virulent Mycoplasma synoviae and vaccine thereof (6001348)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Coccidiosis poultry vaccine (6001363)  
    ALUSUISSE HOLDINGS A.G. (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH) Cell culture process and medium for the growth of adherent animal cells (5871999)  
    AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Vectors for differential expression (5932441)  
    AMRAD CORP. LTD. (Melbourne, AU) Leukemia inhibitory factor from mammalian species and use thereof to enhance implantation and development of embryos (5962321)  
    AMYLOGENE HB (Svalov, SE) Genetically engineered modification of potato to form amylose-type starch (5856467)  
    APPLIGENE, S.A. (Cedex, FR) Mutation detecting method using photobridging-stabilized double-stranded DNA denaturing gradient electrophoresis (5869236)  
    ASAHI DENKA KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Detection of the genus pectinatus (5869642)  
    ASAHI KASEI KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP); ISHIKATSU EXTERIOR INC. KK (Kobe, JP) Humicola grisea var. grisea antagonistic against snow-mold pathogenic fungi, and snow-mold control agent and method using the same (5861152)  
    AXIS GENETICS PLC. (Cambridge, UK); PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, IN US) Modified plant viruses as vectors (5874087)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Mice transgenic for a tetracycline-controlled transcriptional activator (5859310)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Encapsulated plant growth regulator formulations and applications (5861360)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Plant growth retardants in combination with inhibitors of ethylene biosynthesis or action (5869424)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Methods for producing tetracycline-regulated transgenic mice (5922927)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Riboflavin-production process by means of micro-organisms with modified isocitratlyase activity (5976844)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE); KNOLL AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Methods for regulating gene expression (5888981)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Luminescent nitrifying microorganisms (5900362)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Porcine parainfluenza virus type 2 (5910310)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Deoxyribonucleic acid coding for glutathione-S-transferase and its use (5968796)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) DNA comprising plum pox virus and tomato spotted wilt virus cDNAS for disease resistance (5973135)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Pinosylvine synthase genes (5973230)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Stilbene synthase gene (5985647)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Pancreatic islet cell antigens obtained by molecular cloning (6001804)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Internal positive controls for nucleic acid amplification (5882857)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Vectors for the genetic selection of ligand binding proteins in microorganisms by means of signal transduction (5882924)  
    BEJO ZADEN B.V. (Warmenhuizen, NL) Cytoplasmic male sterile brassica oleracea plant, and method for obtaining such plant (5917128)  
    BIACORE AB (Uppsala, SE) Surface-sensitive detection of hybridization at equilibrium (5972612)  
    BIO-FEED LTD. (Ashdod, IL) Process of bio-conversion of industrial or agricultural cellulose containing organic wastes into a proteinaceous nutrition product (5952020)  
    BIOFLEXIN AB (Lund, SE) N-containing saccharides and method for the synthesis of N-containing saccharides from amino-deoxy-disaccharides and amino-deoxy-oligosaccharides (5856143)  
    BIOGEMMA UK LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Control of plant abscission and pod dehiscence (5907081)  
    BIOGEMMA UK LTD. (Cambridge, UK) DNA encoding a 2-acyltransferases (5945323)  
    BIOGEMMA UK LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Callase-related DNAs and their use in artificial male sterility (5955653)  
    BIONEER CORP. (Daejon, KR) Lyophilized reagent for polymerase chain reaction (5861251)  
    BIOSIL AG (Ashby-de-la-Zouch, UK) Production of secondary metabolites with plant cells immobilized in a porous inorganic support (5998162)  
    BIOSTAR, INC. (Saskatoon, CA) Methods for production of recombinant plasmids (5922583)  
    BIOSTAR, INC. (Saskatoon, CA) Bovine heat shock promoter and uses thereof (5981224)  
    BIOTEC LAB. LTD. (Suffolk, UK) Method for identifying nucleic acid sequences from different biological sources through amplification of the same (5948649)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Nematode vaccine (5871738)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU) Nematode vaccine (5942413)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Positive selection vector based on the caps gene, pCAPs vector and its use (5891687)  
    BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Method and kits for determining messenger RNA molecules in a sample (5955271)  
    BTG INTERNATIONAL LTD. (London, UK) Seed priming (5992091)  
    CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD (Ottawa, CA); PARRHEIM FOODS (Saskatoon, CA) Insecticidal factor from field peas (5955082)  
    CANON KK (Tokyo, JP) Detection of nucleic acid hybrid variation which interacts with double helix or with second reagent through double helix by charge transfer and probe for hybridizing with target nucleic acid (5939256)  
    CHEMODYNE S.A. (Geneva, CH) Cell culture device (5958762)  
    CHILWALNER (Tel Aviv, IL) Vaccine comprising eimeria spp. gametocyte antigen (5932225)  
    CLARIANT FINANCE LTD. (Tortola, VG) Fungi for pitch reduction and their preparation (5998197)  
    CYANAMID IBERICA, S.A. (Madrid, ES) Recombinant PRRSV proteins, diagnostic kits and vaccines containing such recombinant PRRSV proteins (5888513)  
    DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Osaka, JP) In-situ hybridization method using RecA protein and RecA protein having marker or ligand for use in said method (5965361)  
    DAINIPPON PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD. (Osaka, JP) Ectoine synthase gene (5932781)  
    DAKO/AS (Glastrup, DK) In situ hybridization to detect specific nucleic acid sequences in eucaryotic samples (5888733)  
    DAKO/AS (Glastrup, DK) Detection of Ribosomal RNA using PNA probes (5985563)  
    DANISCO A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Transgenic plants or algae expressing an AGP enzyme coupled to a transit peptide (5977437)  
    DEGUSSA AG (Frankfurt, DE) Peptide amidase from xanthomonas (5985632)  
    DIATECH LTD. (London, UK) Untranslated leader sequences from RNA viruses as enhancers of translation (5891665)  
    DSM N.V. (Heerlen, NL) Cloning and expression of DNA molecules incoding arabinan-degrading enzymes of fungal origin (5989887)  
    ENICHEM S.P.A. (Milan, IT) Thermostable mutants of D-N-.alpha.-carbamoylase (5877002)  
    EVOTEC BIOSYSTEMS GMBH (Hamburg, DE) Process for the determination of in vitro amplified nucleic acids (5871908)  
    FUJITSU LTD. (Kawasaki, JP) Method and device for fragment trace data display in DNA base sequencing (5891632)  
    GENECO PTY LTD. (Brisbane, AU) Detection of a nucleic acid sequence or a change therein (5856092)  
    GENESIS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP., LTD. (Auckland, NZ); FLETCHER CHALLENGE FORESTS LTD (Auckland, NZ) Materials and methods for the modification of plant lignin content (5952486)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Yeast strains for saccharide fermentation (5858764)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Cloning and expression of DNA molecules encoding arabinan-degrading enzymes of fungal origin (5863783)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Selection marker gene free recombinant strains: method for obtaining them and the use of these strains (5876988)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Method for influencing .beta.-lactam antibiotic production and for isolation of large quantities of ACV synthetase (5882879)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Salt-stabilized enzyme preparations (5972669)  
    GIVAUDAN-ROURE SA (Geneva, CH) Hydroperoxide lyases (6008034)  
    GLAXO GROUP LTD. (Greenford Middlesex, UK); AFFYMETRIX, INC. (Santa Clara, CA US) End-complementary polymerase reaction (5928905)  
    GOODMAN FIELDER LTD. (North Ride, AU) High amylose starch and resistant starch fractions (5977454)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) DNA encoding enzyme recombinant DNA and enzyme transformant, and their preparation and uses (5871977)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) DNA encoding enzyme, recombinant DNA and enzyme, transformant, and their preparations and uses (5871993)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) DNA encoding enzyme, recombinant DNA and enzyme, transformant, and their preparation and uses (5871994)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) High trehalose content syrup (5916881)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Polypeptides having .beta.-fructofuranosidase activity (5962297)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Expression systems for commercial production of cellulase and xylanase in Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis (5888800)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Production of wheat protein hydrolyzates by multistage hydrolysis with a proteinase and peptidase (5945299)  
    HENKEL & CIE GMBH (Dusseldorf, DE) Mutant proteolytic enzymes and method of production (5985639)  
    HERAEUS INSTRUMENTS GMBH (Osterode, DE) Cell culture harvesting device (5900374)  
    HEXAGEN TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Methods for identifying a mutation in a gene of interest without a phenotypic guide (5994075)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method of analysis or assay for polynucleotides and analyzer or instrument for polynucleotides (5861252)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method of DNA base sequence determination (5935794)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA sequencing method and reagents kit (5968743)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA sequencing method and DNA sample preparation method (5985556)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) DNA sequences and plasmids for the preparation of sugar beet with changed sucrose concentration (5866790)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Phosphinothricin-resistance gene, and its use (5879903)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Gene and gene structure coding for an aminotransferase, and microorganisms which express this gene (5888782)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Synergistic compositions for controlling insects and acarina (5888989)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Method of improving the growth of crop plants which are resistant to glutamine synthetase inhibitors (5908810)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Plasmids useful for and methods of preparing transgenic plants with modifications of habit and yield (5917127)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for preparing L-tertiary-leucine and L-phosphinothricine by transamination (5919669)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Alkylidenehydrazinophenylsulfonylureas, processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5922645)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Acylated aminophenylsulfonylureas, processes for their preparation and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5922646)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) 2-amino-1,3,5-triazines, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5922648)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Substituted aminomethylphenylsulfonylureas their preparation and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5925596)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Phenylsulfonylureas, processes for their preparation, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (5925597)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for the isolation and characterization of a gene enzyme system for inactivation of the herbicide phenmedipham and transfer of the gene into plants to produce herbicide-tolerant plants (5948670)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Method for the enzymatic galactosylation of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides (5962275)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for preparing L-tertiary-leucine and L-phosphinothricine by transamination (5962281)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) DNA sequences and plasmids for the preparation of plants with changed sucrose concentration (5976869)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) DNA sequences with oligosaccharide transporter, plasmids bacteria and plants containing a transporter as well as a process for the preparation and transformation of yeast strains for identification of the transporter (5981181)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) DNA molecules which code for a plastid 2-oxoglutarate/malate translocator (5981219)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Nucleic acid molecules encoding delta-5,7-sterol, delta-7 reductase from arabidopsis thaliana (5989881)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Debranching enzymes and DNA sequences coding them, suitable for changing the degree of branching of amylopectin starch in plants (6001628)  
    IMMUNO AG (Vienna, AU) Method of quantitating genomic DNA (5858658)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK) Modification of lignin synthesis in plants (5959178)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Oligonucleotide which can be used as primer in a method of amplification based on a replication accompanied by strand displacement (5874260)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Field bag boost vaccination delivery system (5884583)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Modified promoter for RNA polymerase, its preparation and its applications (5891681)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Viral nucleotide sequences (5906821)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Viral vaccines (5958425)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Viral nucleotide sequences (5965435)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Live recombinant avian vaccine using an avian herpesvirus as vector (5980906)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR); UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER (Grenoble, FR) Process for the production of a viable cell culture infected by a multiple sclerosis-associated virus (5925555)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding flavonol synthase enzymes and uses therefor (5859329)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding glycosyltransferase enzymes and uses therefor (5859334)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Genetic sequences encoding flavonoid pathway enzymes and uses therefor (5861487)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Transgenic plants having altered anthocyann levels (5948955)  
    INTERVET INTERNATIONAL B.V. (Boxmeer, NL) Pasteurella vaccine (5885589)  
    IOGEN CORP. (Ottawa, CA) Pretreatment process for conversion of cellulose to fuel ethanol (5916780)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) DNA encoding phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, recombinant vector and transformed plant containing the same (5880334)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Controlling Cyperus weeds with Ascochyta sp. FERM BP-5176 (5902580)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Plants in which the expression of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase gene is inhibited (5910444)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Polypeptide having cold-stable pyruvate, orthophoshate dikinase activity, DNA encoding the same and recombinant vector and transformed plants containing the DNA (5912156)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of changing the composition of the phospholipid produced by the living body and recombinant vector therefor (5973226)  
    JSR CORP. (Kumamoto, JP) Hybridization carrier and a process for preparing the same (5972611)  
    KANEGAFUCHI KAGAKU KOGYO K. K. (Osaka, JP) Method for immobilizing ligand or compound having ligand bonded thereto (5866387)  
    KEMIRA AGRO OY (Helsinki, FI) Fungus Gliocladium catenulatum for biological control of plant diseases (5968504)  
    KEYGENE N.V. (Wageningen, NL) Amplification of simple sequence repeats (5874215)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing tuber (5862626)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gene conferring flocculating property on yeast and gene product thereof (5866374)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Keto group-introducing enzyme, DNA coding therefor and method for producing ketocarotenoids (5910433)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Promoter and terminator sequences of formate dehydrogenase gene of Candida boidinii (6001590)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) DNA strands useful for the synthesis of xanthophylls and the process for producing the xanthophylls (5972690)  
    KLEINWANZLEBENER SAATZUCHT AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Dent corn hybrid 5953 (5929312)  
    KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Seoul, KR) DNA encoding amarandin-S ribosome inactivating protein of Amaranthus viridis (5977335)  
    KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Seoul, KR) Transcription factor gene induced by water deficit and abscisic acid isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana (5981729)  
    KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Seoul, KR) Antiviral proteins, amarandin 1 and 2, from Amaranthus viridis, DNAs encoding therefrom (6001986)  
    KYOGO DAIICHI KAGAKU CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Method for measuring the concentration of protease inhibitors, kit for use in such a method and method for dissolving a substrate (5856117)  
    KYOGO DAIICHI KAGAKU CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Recombinant fructosyl amino acid oxidase (5948659)  
    KYOGO DAIICHI KAGAKU CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Fructosyl amino acid oxidase and process for producing the same (5972671)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Inosine-guanosine kinase (5874272)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing aspartase and process for producing L-aspartic acid (5916782)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-amino acids by fermentation (5919670)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth factor (6004906)  
    L.V.M.H. RECHERCHE (Nanterre, FR) Method for promoting the differentiation of plant cells in culture (5914270)  
    L.V.M.H. RECHERCHE (Nanterre, FR) Cellular aggregate stabilized culture and process for the development of embryos from a proembryogenic strain for use in vine regeneration techniques (5968827)  
    LAB. HIPPRA, S.A. (Madrid, ES) Attenuated strain of the virus causing the porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome (PRRS), and vaccines (6001370)  
    LEADD BV (Leiden, NL) Chicken anemia virus mutants and vaccines and uses based on the viral proteins VP1 VP2 and VP3 or sequences of that virus coding therefor (5922600)  
    LEADD BV (Leiden, NL) Cloning of chicken anemia virus DNA (5932476)  
    LEADD BV (Leiden, NL) Recombinant chicken anemia virus particle (5958424)  
    LONZA LTD. (Gampel, CH) Microorganisms for the stabilization of plasmids (5891710)  
    LUXAN B.V. (Elst, NL) Sprout inhibiting and/or anti-fungal composition for potatoes (6001773)  
    LYFJATHROUN H.F. (Reykjavik, IS) Pharmaceutical preparation for topical administration of antigens and/or vaccines to mammals via a mucosal membrane (5942237)  
    MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Electroluminescent light element, manufacturing method of the same, and an illuminated switch unit using the same (5950808)  
    MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Grass and method of introducing endophytic fungi into a grass (5880343)  
    MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Method of introducing an endophytic fungus into rough bluegrass belonging to Poa trivialis and Poa compressa (5914107)  
    METAPONTUM AGROBIOS S.C.R.L. (Matera, IT) Method of preparation of transgenic plants resistant to viral infections and so obtained plants (5959181)  
    METSA-SERLA OY (Aanekoski, FI) Method of producing pulp for paper manufacture (5914004)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Gene which determines cytoplasmic sterility and a method of producing hybrid plants using said gene (5866782)  
    MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Method for increasing storage lipid content in plant seed (5914449)  
    MIXIS FRANCE, S.A. (Paris, FR) Process for the in vivo recombination of DNA sequences having mismatched bases (5912119)  
    MIXIS FRANCE, S.A. (Paris, FR) Process for the in vivo recombination of DNA sequences having mismatched bases (5965415)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Antifungal preparations containing osmotin (5856151)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Method for the protection of plants against pathogens (5866776)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Method for obtaining plants with reduced susceptibility to plant-parasitic nematodes (5866777)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Production of trehalose in plants (5925804)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Antifungal chitin binding proteins and DNA coding therefor (5994625)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Male-sterile plants, method for obtaining male-sterile plants and recombinant DNA for use therein (6005167)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL); RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN (Leiden, NL) Chitinase, DNA coding therefor and plants containing same (5993808)  
    N.O/ED.AB IMMUNOASSAY, INC. (Markham, CA) Nanoparticles biosensor (5922537)  
    NAKANO VINEGAR CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Structural gene for membrane-bound aldehyde dehydrogenase (5914257)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Composition and process useful for reducing the fat caloric content of foodstuffs containing fats and oils (5879729)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Seasoning production (5888561)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Enzymatic treatment of cocoa (5888562)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Process for packaging plant tissues cultured in vitro for transport (5943821)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Branched lactose containing polysacharides and compositions containing them (5955602)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Continuous fermentation process (5962046)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Micrococcus varians strains for producing bactericide compositions (5981261)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Meat product preparation by incorporating fermented meat trimmings and extra fat in a meat piece (5989601)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Leuconostoc strains for biosynthesis of dextran (6004800)  
    NEXIA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Montreal, CA) Method for development of transgenic dwarf goats (5907080)  
    NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Vector for introducing a gene into a plant, and methods for producing transgenic plants and multitudinously introducing genes into a plant using the vector (5965791)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SHIONOGI AND CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Recombinant Avipox virus encoding polypeptide of mycoplasma gallisepticum, and utilized a live vaccine (5871742)  
    NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Rice NADH-dependent reductase, gene therefor, and use thereof (5986172)  
    NORSK HYDRO A.S. (Oslo, NO) Refining oil compositions (5945318)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method of protecting plants from oomycete pathogens (5856154)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Bacillus thuringiensis transformation method (5858745)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Enhanced biotin biosynthesis in plant tissue (5859335)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Synthetic DNA sequence having enhanced activity in maize (5859336)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method for isolating vegetative insecticidal protein genes (5866326)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Maize chlorotic dwarf virus genome and uses therefor (5866780)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Transgenic plants having increased biotin content (5869719)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Pesticidal proteins and strains (5872212)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Class of proteins for the control of plant pests (5877012)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) DNA encoding plant chitinases (5880328)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Control of gene expression in plants by receptor mediated transactivation in the presence of a chemical ligand (5880333)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Insecticidal matrix and process for preparation thereof (5885603)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Pesticidal strains of bacillus (5888801)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Nucleotide sequences encoding pesticidal proteins (5889174)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) DNA encoding lemA-independent GacA and its use in activating gene expression (5891688)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Virus resistant or tolerant cells (5907084)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) DNA encoding GM-CSF and a method of producing GM-CSF protein (5908763)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Plant virus DNA constructs and virus resistant plants comprising said constructs (5919705)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar S39-D9 (5925810)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar S28-V8 (5925811)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar S73-Z5 (5925812)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) DNA molecules encoding plant protoporphyrinogen oxidase and inhibitor-resistant mutants thereof (5939602)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar S14-M7 (5939604)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inducible herbicide resistance (5942662)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar S59-V6 (5945584)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Detection of fungal pathogens using the polymerase chain reaction (5955274)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Genetically modified pseudomonas strains with enhanced biocontrol activity (5955348)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Methods for stable transformation of wheat (5955362)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Process and apparatus for the genetic transformation of cells (5976880)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Altered forms of the NIM1 gene conferring disease resistance in plants (5986082)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Stably transformed plants comprising novel insecticidal proteins (5990383)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred sweet corn line W1498A (5990395)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Positive selection (5994629)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Nematicidal proteins (6006470)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH); BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Process for the production of proteins (5981227)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH); DENMARK ROYAL VETERINARY AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (Copenhagen, DK) Cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases (5882851)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH); OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (Columbus, OH US); U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (Washington, DC US) Methods for conferring insect resistance to a monocot using a perioxidase coding sequence (6002068)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH); SCHWEIZERISCHE EIDGENOSSENSCHAFT TECH. HOCHSCHULE (Zurich, CH) Process and apparatus for the genetic transformation of cells (5877023)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH); UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (Boulder, CO US) Synergistic antifungal protein and compositions containing same (5981844)  
    NOVO NORDISK BIOTECH, INC. (Davis, CA US) Nucleic acids encoding a polypeptide having protease activity (5891701)  
    NOVO NORDISK BIOTECH, INC. (Davis, CA US) Methods for producing a polypeptide in a bacillus cell (5955310)  
    NOVO NORDISK BIOTECH, INC. (Davis, CA US) Methods for modifying the production of a polypeptide (5958727)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alkaline bacillus amylase (5856164)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with pectin lyase activity (5858760)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Process for the production of protein products in aspergillus (5863759)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with endo-1,3(4)-.beta.- Glucanase activity (5871966)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) DNA integration by transposition (5882888)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with rhamnogalacturonase activity (5882911)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with xylanase activity (5885819)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alkaline cellulases (5912157)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with B-1, 3-glucanase activity (5919688)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) .alpha.-galactosidase enzyme (5919690)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Alkaline lipolytic enzyme (5919746)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) DNA constructs and methods of producing cellulytic enzymes (5922586)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Method of homologous recombination followed by in vivo selection of DNA amplification (5925544)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) DNA constructs and methods of producing cellulytic enzymes (5945327)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Method of detecting biologically active substances by using green fluorescent protein (5958713)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Methods for producing Humicola lipases in aspergillus (5965384)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme preparation with cellulytic activity (5972872)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with protease activity (5998190)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Rhamnogalacturonase, corresponding DNA sequence, rhamnogalacturonase containing enzyme preparation and use of the enzyme preparation (6001627)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase variants (6004790)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK); NOVO NORDISK BIOTECH, INC. (Davis, CA US) Methods for producing polypeptides in respiratory-deficient cells (5891669)  
    OJI PAPER CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Thermostable xylanase (5888802)  
    P.A.L.M. GMBH (Wolfratshausen, DE) Method and device for the contactless laser-assisted microinjection, sorting and production of biological objects generated in a planar manner (5998129)  
    PERFORMANCE PLANTS, INC. (Kingston, CA) Phosphate-deficiency inducible promoter (5922564)  
    PERFORMANCE PLANTS, INC. (Kingston, CA) Plant phosphatases (5977435)  
    PHARMACIA BIOTECH INC. (Milwaukee, WI US) DNA sequencing method (5876934)  
    PHARMING B.V. (Leiden, NL) Method for the production of biologically active polypeptides in a mammal's (5959171)  
    PHARMING B.V. (Leiden, NL) Targeted synthesis of protein in mammary gland of a non-human transgenic mammal (5994616)  
    PHOTOCURE AS (Oslo, NO) Transfer of molecules into the cytosol of cells (5876989)  
    PLANT BIOSCIENCE LTD. (Norwich, UK) Plant pathogen resistance genes and uses thereof (5920000)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their insecticidal proteins (5861543)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Recombinant plant expressing non-competitively binding insecticidal crystal proteins (5866784)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Modified Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal-crystal protein genes and their expression in plant cells (5877306)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Use of anthocyanin genes to maintain male sterile plants (5880331)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their insecticidal proteins (5885571)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Recombinant plant expressing non-competitively binding Bt insecticidal crystal proteins (5908970)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Modified Bacillus thuringiensis genes with improved expression in plant cells, methods of production on and use (5952547)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Maintenance of male-sterile plants (5977433)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Gene expression in plants (5994526)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Process for transforming monocotyledonous plants (6002070)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Use of anthocyanin genes to maintain male sterile plants (6008437)  
    PNA DIAGNOSTICS A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Protecting nucleic acids and methods of analysis (5861250)  
    PNA DIAGNOSTICS A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Nucleic acid analogue assay procedures and kits (5912145)  
    PPL THERAPEUTICS LTD. (Edinburgh, UK) Genetic construct of which protein coding DNA comprises introns and is designed for protein production in transgenic animals (5861299)  
    PROGEN INDUSTRIES LTD (Darra, AU) Method and apparatus for DNA extraction (5989431)  
    QIAGEN N.V. (Amsterdam, NL) Quaternary amine surfactant and methods of using same in isolation of RNA (5985572)  
    QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY (Kingston, CA); ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. (Ottawa, CA) Indexing linkers (5858656)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) DNA encoding phage abortive infection protein from Lactococcus lactis and method of use thereof (5910571)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) Isolated DNA encoding enzyme for phage resistance (5925388)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) DNA encoding phage abortive infection protein from Lactococcus lactis and method of use thereof (5928688)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) Enzyme for phage resistance (5972673)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) DNA encoding phage resistance protein (5994118)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US); UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (St. Paul, MN US) Method and culture for inhibiting undesired microorganisms with culture of Bacillus subtilis (5919695)  
    RAPIGENE, INC. (Bothell, WA US) Methods for preparing solid supports for hybridization and reducing non-specific background (5994065)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) Polypeptides involved in the biosynthesis of streptogramins, nucleotide sequences coding for these polypeptides and their use (5891695)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Chimeric plant genes based on upstream regulatory elements of helianthinin (5859325)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Chimeric plant genes based on upstream regulatory elements of helianthinin (5905186)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Oleosin 5' regulatory region for the modification of plant seed lipid composition (5977436)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Chimeric gene for the transformation of plants (RE36449)  
    RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. (Leiden, NL) Aphid resistance in composites (5977443)  
    ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH (Mannheim, DE) DNA polymerase having 3'-intrinsic editing activity (6001566)  
    ROHM GMBH (Darmstadt, DE) Lysophospholipase produced from aspergillus by recombinant methods (5965422)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR) Saccharose phosphate synthetase (SPS), a preparation method and CDNA therefor, and use of the CDNA for modifying SPS expression in plant cells (5917126)  
    ROUSSEL-UCLAF (Paris, FR) Arabidepsi thaliana proteins having .DELTA.-5,7-sterol-.DELTA.-7-reductase activity (5965417)  
    RUSTICA PROGRAIN GENETIQUE (Mondonville, FR) Recombinant gene coding for a protein having endochitinase activity (5932698)  
    SAGAMI CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER (Tokyo, JP); TAMA BIOCHEMICAL CO. LTD. (Tokyo, JP); BAL PLANNING (Ichinomiya, JP) Plant growth regulating composition comprising epoxycyclohexane derivatives and brassinosteroids as well as method of regulating plant growth comprising the application thereof (5965488)  
    SAKATA SEED AMERICA, INC. (Yokohama, JP) Method for identifying the sex of spinach by DNA markers (5910412)  
    SAKATA SEED AMERICA, INC. (Yokohama, JP) Inbred broccoli line BC-403 (5945582)  
    SAMYANG GENEX CO., LTD. (Seoul, KR) Method for mass production of taxol by semi-continuous culture with Taxus chinensis cell culture (5871979)  
    SANOFI, S.A. (Paris, FR); ELF AQUITAINE (Courbevoie, FR) Recombinant gene coding for a protein having endochitinase activity (5859340)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing phalaenosis clone plants through root tip culture (5864985)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gene of the hop latent virus and methods for detecting the same (5869235)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Genetic variety identifying method in hops (5948650)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Tissue-specific promoter (5952489)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gene expression regulatory DNA, expression cassette, expression vector and transgenic plant (5955649)  
    SCHWEIZ, SERUM- AND IMPFINSTITUT BERN (Zurich, CH) Immunostimulating and immunopotentiating reconstituted influenza virosomes and vaccines containing them (5879685)  
    SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. (Chiba, JP) Method for sequencing of protein or peptide (5962642)  
    SEIWA CO. (Tokyo, JP) Multistage plant culture method and multistage plant culture apparatus for use therein (5856190)  
    SEMBIOSYS GENETICS INC. (Calgary, CA) Preparation of heterologous proteins on oil bodies (5948682)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium as a source of resistance to the plant pathogen phytophthora infestans (5866764)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Lactuca sativa cultivar exhibiting resistance to downy mildew and corky root rot (5973232)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Transgenic plants expressing ACC synthase gene (5998702)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Papaya ringspot virus replicase gene (6005166)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US); CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, NY US) Papaya ringspot virus protease gene (5877403)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US); CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, NY US) Potyvirus coat protein genes and plants transformed therewith (5998699)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US); CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, NY US) Coat protein gene for the FLA83 W strain of papaya ringspot virus (6002072)  
    SHIMADZU CORP. (Sapporo, JP) Method for synthesis of nucleic acids (5912146)  
    SHIN DONG BANG CORP. (Seoul, KR) Mechanical method for separating soybean embryos in high purity (5952230)  
    SHIN-ETSU BIO, INC. (San Diego, CA US); SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA segments and methods for increasing polysaccharide production (5985623)  
    SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SHIN-ETSU BIO, INC. (San Diego, CA US) Preparation of xanthan gum (5912151)  
    SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); SHIN-ETSU BIO, INC. (San Diego, CA US) Process of purifying xanthan gum using an alkaline protease and lysozyme (5994107)  
    SHISEIDO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Biotin operon (5885792)  
    SMITHKLINE BEECHAM P.L.C. (Brentford, UK) D-N-carbamoyl-amino acid amidohydrolase and hydantoinase (5858759)  
    SOLVAY AND CIE, S.A. (Brussels, BE) Expression of surface layer proteins (5874267)  
    SONY CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Genetic recombination laser apparatus and genetic recombination method using the apparatus (5916788)  
    SUDZUCKER AG (Mannheim, DE) Preparation of acariogenic sugar substitutes (5985622)  
    SUDZUCKER AG (Mannheim, DE) Sucrose metabolism mutants (5985668)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Plant promoter and utilization thereof (5959176)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Cytoplasmic male sterility DNA factor and utilization thereof (5959183)  
    SUMITOMO FORESTRY CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for large-scale propagation of trees of genus Gmelina by tissue culture (5922599)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for constructing transformant not having selective marker gene (5965444)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for animal cell culture (5976833)  
    SYSTEMS BIO-INDUSTRIES (Boulogne, FR) Nucleic acid sequences and plasmids comprising at least one phage resistance mechanism, bacteria containing them and their use (5955332)  
    TAIKO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. (Aomori, JP) Method of synthesizing polydeoxyribonucleotides (5917031)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Gene encoding lacto-N-biosidase (5908772)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Protein disulfide isomerase and method of using (5874247)  
    TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Method of probing the function of proteins or peptides encoded by partially sequenced cDNAs by inhibiting protein synthesis with antisense oligonucleotides (5985554)  
    TAKI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Kakogawa, JP) Plant growth regulator (5919448)  
    TAKI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Kakogawa, JP); Individual inventor(s) Plug mixture for raising seedlings and method for producing it, and method for raising disease tolerant seedlings (5935571)  
    TAKII SHUBYO CO. (Kyoto, JP); T.S. PLANT SCIENCE INST. (Shiga, JP); DAI-ICHI KOGYO SEIYAKU CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Hydration of seeds with partially hydrated super absorbent polymer particles (5930949)  
    TDK CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Fusion protein-bound magnetic particles for recombinant production and magnetic separation of polypeptides of interest (5861285)  
    TECNOGEN S.C.P.A. (Piana Di Monte Verna, IT) Peptide useful as a ligand (5880259)  
    TEPNEL MEDICAL LTD. (Manchester, UK) Manipulating nucleic acid sequences (5910406)  
    TOSHIBA K. K. (Kawasaki, JP) Gene detection method (5972692)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Methods for nucleic acid amplification with thermostable ribonuclease H (5972607)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Method for amplifying and detecting of target nucleic acid sequence using thermostable enzyme (5981183)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Method for isolating ribonucleic acid (5990302)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Modified thermostable DNA polymerase derived from pyrococcus sp. KOD and DNA polymerase composition thereof for nucleic acid amplification (6008025)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP); TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (San Angelo, TX US) Cotton fiber tissue-specific genes (5932713)  
    TOYOTA JIDOSHA K. K. (Toyota, JP) Farnesyl diphosphate synthase (5935832)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) Yeast strains for the production of mature heterologous proteins, especially hirudin (5879926)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) Expression of a tumor-specific antigen by a recombinant vector virus and use thereof in preventive or curative treatment of the corresponding tumor (6007806)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Soft-milling wheats which produce dough with low elasticity (5859315)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Exo-(1--4)-.beta.-D galactanase (5981831)  
    URQUIMA, S.A. (Barcelona, ES) Preparation of thaumatin sweeteners (5932438)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method for identification of mutations using ligation of multiple oligonucleotide probes (5888731)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method and apparatus for thermal cycling and for automated sample preparation with thermal cycling (5897842)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method and apparatus for alignment of signals for use in DNA based-calling (5916747)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method and apparatus for DNA-sequencing using reduced number of sequencing mixtures (5981186)  
    WAKUNAGA SEIYAKU K. K. (Osaka, JP) Method for cultivating garlic plants (5913729)  
    XYROFIN OY (Kotka, FI) Xylose utilization by recombinant yeasts (5866382)  
    XYROFIN OY (Kotka, FI) Immobilization of microogranisms on weakly basic anion exchange substance for producing isomaltulose (5939294)  
    ZENCO LTD. (London, UK) Inbred corn line ZS01220 (5866763)  
    ZENCO LTD. (London, UK) Cytoplasmic male sterility system production canola hybrids (5973233)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Modified fruit containing galactanase transgene (5859344)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Antimicrobial proteins from aralia and impatiens (5861480)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Newly characterized oxalate and uses therefor (5866778)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Modification of lignin synthesis in plants (5866791)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Plant-derived enzyme and DNA sequences and uses thereof (5866792)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Biological insect control agent (5885569)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) DNA encoding enzymes related to ethylene biosynthesis and ripening from banana (5886164)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Herbicide resistant plants (5888818)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) DNA encoding fruit-ripening-related proteins, DNA constructs, cells and plants derived therefrom (5908973)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) DNA encoding a pectin esterase, cells and plants derived therefrom (5910632)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Transformed plants expressing antimicrobial proteins (5919918)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Co-ordinated inhibition of plant gene expression (5942657)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Biocidal proteins (5942663)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Insecticidal toxins derived from funnel web (atrax or hadronyche) spiders (5959182)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Promoter (5965387)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Method of plant tissue culture and regeneration (5969215)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Fungal food (5980958)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Assay for detecting inhibitors of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (5985630)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Transgenic plants expressing biocidal proteins (5986176)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Detection of DNA/RNA by fluorescence polarization (6007984)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK); UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (Miami, FL US) Plants and processes for obtaining them (5859333)  
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    A/S DE DANSKE SPRITFABRIKKER (Copenhagen, DK) Potato .alpha.-amylase (6147277)  
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Modification of starch content in plants (6096945)  
    ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Specificity of gene expression (6140554)  
    ADVANTA TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Lincolnshire, UK) Inbred corn line ZS4199 (6121525)  
    AFFYMAX TECHNOLOGIES N.V. (Greenford, UK) Peptide library and screening method (6156511)  
    AGRAQUEST, INC. (Davis, CA US); BIODISCOVERY NEW ZEALAND LTD. (Auckland, NZ) Strain of bacillus for controlling plant disease (6077506)  
    AGRO-KANESHO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Nucleic acid probe molecule of hairpin-shape structure and method for detecting nucleic acids using the same (6114121)  
    AGRO-KANESHO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for detecting nucleic acids through a triple-stranded DNA intermediate without denaturing (6132972)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing microbial transglutaminase (6013498)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing nucleoside-5'-phosphate ester (6015697)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for production of lysine by fermentation (6025169)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing L-lysine by fermentation (6040160)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Modified bacterial cellulose (6060289)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method of producing L-lysine (6090597)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation (6110714)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing L-leucine (6124121)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) L-threonine-producing microbacteria and a method for the production of L-threonine (6132999)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Plant-root growth promoting agent (6143695)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Stress-resistant microorganism and method of producing fermentative product (6156532)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Bacterial strain of Escherichia coli BKIIM B-3996 as the producer of L-threonine (6165756)  
    AJINOMOTO CO. INC. (Tokyo, JP) Raffinose synthetase gene, method of producing raffinose and transgenic plant (6166292)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Live attenuated bacteria of the species Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (6013266)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Use of RNA polymerase to improve nucleic acid amplification process (6025134)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Serine protease inhibitors (6034067)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Babesia vaccine (6045806)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Nucleic acid amplification process (6063603)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Poultry vaccine (6086892)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Coccidiosis poultry vaccine (6100241)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Pasteurella multocida toxin derivatives (6110470)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Streptococcus equi vaccine (6120775)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Inactivated infectious bursal disease vaccine (6129920)  
    AKZO NOBEL BV (Arnhem, NL) Intradermal Avian immunization with inactivated vaccines (6159472)  
    ALUSUISSE HOLDINGS A.G. (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH) Production of proteins by cell culture (6117652)  
    AMERSHAM INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Relating to assay systems (6074829)  
    AMERSHAM PHARMACIA BIOTECH INC. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Primer walking cycle sequencing using presynthesized primers containing nucleotide analogs (6043059)  
    AMERSHAM PHARMACIA BIOTECH UK LTD. (Buckinghamshire, UK) Method for determining tandem repeat sequence length (6083701)  
    ASAHI DENKA KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Induction promoter gene and secretory signal gene usable in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, expression vectors having the same, and use thereof (6130070)  
    ASAHI KOGAKU KOGYO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Antimicrobial agents for eucaryotic microorganisms and methods of growth suppression of eucaryotic microorganisms using these agents (6096719)  
    AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE (Strasbourg, FR) Ultrafiltration process for desalination and concentration of a peptide in a cell-free fermentation medium (6103502)  
    AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE (Strasbourg, FR) Transformation vectors allowing expression of truncated BT2 endotoxins in plants (6107546)  
    AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE (Strasbourg, FR) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their insecticidal proteins (6143550)  
    AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE (Strasbourg, FR) Modified oligonucleotides, their preparation and their use (6150510)  
    AVEVE N.V. (Leiden, NL); MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP) Genetics manipulations with recombinant DNA virus comprising sequences derived from RNA virus (6093554)  
    AXIS GENETICS PLC. (Cambridge, UK); PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (West Lafayette, IN US) Modified plant viruses as vectors (6110466)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Acylcyclohexanedione plant growth regulator for control of overall nutritive value of alfalfa (6083882)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Regulator gene from Ustilago maydis (6103229)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Method of producing a composite preparation for making silage from green fodder (6132778)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE) Use of a semicarbazone plant growth regulator for crop yield enhancements (6150302)  
    BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, DE); Individual inventor(s) Transcriptional activators with graded transactivation potential (6087166)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Stilbene synthase gene (6020129)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Methods and constructs for protein expression (6051401)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) DNA sequences encoding stilbene synthases and their use (6063988)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Sensitive immunoassays utilizing antibody conjugates with replicable DNA templates (6083689)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Bacterin for the treatment of necrophorum diseases and a method for the production thereof (6132709)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Caffeoyl-coa 3-O-Methyltransferase genes from parsley (6160205)  
    BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Biological material embedded in hydrogels, a process for the embedding thereof, and its use as artificial seed (6164012)  
    BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (Houston, TX US); PHARMACIA BIOTECH AB (Upsala, SE) Parallel primer extension approach to nucleic acid sequence analysis (6153379)  
    BEECHAM GROUP LTD. (Brentford, UK) DNA molecules and vectors encoding clavulanic acid biosynthesis enzymes (6037156)  
    BEECHAM GROUP LTD. (Brentford, UK) Chromosomal DNA fragments encoding enzymes for encoding .beta.-lactam biosynthetic enzymes, and vectors and transformants for their expression (6066468)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE) Nucleic acid amplification using single primer (6124090)  
    BEHRINGWERKE AG (Marburg, DE); GESELLSCHAFT FUR BIOTECHNOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG MBH (Braunschweig, DE) Multicistronic expression units and their use (6060273)  
    BIO-FEED LTD. (Ashdod, IL) Method of bioconversion of industrial or agricultural cellulose containing wastes (6159510)  
    BIOGEMMA UK LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Control of pod dehiscence (6096946)  
    BIOINVENT INTERNATIONAL AB (Lund, SE) Method for in vitro molecular evolution of protein function using exonuclease and amplification (6159690)  
    BIONEER CORP. (Daejon, KR) Method for high-sensitive silver staining (6127122)  
    BIONEER CORP. (Daejon, KR) Lyophilized reagent for polymerase chain reaction (6153412)  
    BIO-POLYMER RESEARCH CO., LTD. (Kawasaki, JP) Method for cultivating apparatus for the production of bacterial cellulose in an aerated and agitated culture (6013490)  
    BIOSYNTH AG (Staad, CH) Detection of microbial metabolites with a 3-indoxyl-myo-inositol-1-phosphate compound (6068988)  
    BIOTECH AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. AND CSIRO (Roseville, AU) Oral vaccines (6103243)  
    BOSTON PROBES, INC. (Boston, MA US); DAKO/AS (Glastrup, DK) Methods for suppressing the binding of detectable probes to non-target sequences in hybridization assays (6110676)  
    BTG INTERNATIONAL LTD. (London, UK) Transgenic plants producing trehalose (6130368)  
    BTG INTERNATIONAL LTD. (London, UK) RNA bacteriophage-based delivery system (6159728)  
    CANCER RESEARCH CAMPAIGN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (London, UK) Global amplification of nucleic acids (6066457)  
    CANON KK (Tokyo, JP) Pseudomonas cepacia strain isolated from termite intestines that degrades trichlorethylene and furan compounds (6096530)  
    CELLON SA (Bereldange, LU) Cell culture vessel (6150159)  
    CERESTAR HOLDING B.V. (Ede, NL) Method for the production of isomalto-oligosaccharide rich syrups (6025168)  
    CHEMO-SERO-THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH INST. (Kumamoto, JP) Recombinant Marek's disease virus (MDV) and vaccine (6013261)  
    CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US); MYCOGEN PLANT SCIENCE, INC. (San Diego, CA US) Method of inserting viral DNA into plant material (6037526)  
    CORN. BAK B.V. (Assendelft, NL) Guzmania plant named `intro` (6066788)  
    DANISCO A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Endo .beta.-1,4-glucanase from Aspergillus (6077702)  
    DANISCO A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Enzyme system comprising ferulic acid esterase from Aspergillus (6143543)  
    DANISCO A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Inhibition of gene expression (6147279)  
    DNA PLANT TECHNOLOGY (Oakland, CA US); ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Method of genetically transforming banana plants (6133035)  
    DSM CHEMIE LINZ GMBH (Linz, AT) (S)-hydroxynitrilelyase from Hevea brasiliensis (6046042)  
    DSM N.V. (Heerlen, NL) Selection marker gene free recombinant strains: a method for obtaining them and the use of these strains (6051431)  
    DSM N.V. (Heerlen, NL) Transformed fungal strains free of selection marker (6063614)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) DNA-armed ribozymes and minizymes (6083744)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) Ribozymes with optimized hybridizing arms, stems, and loops, tRNA embedded ribozymes and compositions thereof (6107078)  
    GENE SHEARS PTY. LTD. (North Ryde, AU) Ribozymes (6127114)  
    GENSET SA (Cedex, FR) High throughput DNA sequencing vector (6022716)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Phospholipases in animal feed (6017530)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL) Process for preparation of .beta.-lactams at constantly high concentration of reactants (6048708)  
    GIST-BROCADES N.V. (Delft, NL); INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA) (Paris, FR) Process for obtaining aroma components and aromas from their precursors of a glycosidic nature, and aroma components and aromas thereby obtained (6106872)  
    GLAXO GROUP LTD. (Greenford Middlesex, UK) Chemokine receptor able to bind to MCP-1, MIP-1.alpha. and/or RANTES. Its uses (6150132)  
    GUNZE LTD. (Osaka, JP) Method for producing tissue formation and tissue culture kit (6051425)  
    GX BIOSYSTEMS A/S (Copenhagen, DK) Method of limiting the survival of genetically engineered microorganisms in their environment (6017730)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Recombinant thermostable enzyme for converting maltose into trehalose (6087146)  
    HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO K. K. (Okayama, JP) Maltohexaose and maltoheptaose-forming amylase, and its preparation and uses (6107348)  
    HEXAGEN TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Cambridge, UK) Methods for identifying a mutation in a gene of interest without a phenotypic guide using ES cells (6015670)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA analyzing method and device therefor (6106777)  
    HITACHI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Method for determining nucleic acids base sequence and apparatus therefor (6136543)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) DNA sequences which lead to the formation of levans, plasmids containing these sequences as well as a process for preparing transgenic plants (6028249)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Gene and gene structure coding for an aminotransferase, and microorganisms which express this gene (6051408)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Plasmids, plants and plant cells expressing anti-sense patatin and anti-sense ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase sequences (6057493)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Process for the isolation and the characterization of a gene enzyme system for inactivation of the herbicide phenmedipham and transfer of the gene into plants to produce herbicide-tolerant plants (6060645)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Transport protein which effects the transport of cationic xenobiotics and/or pharmaceuticals, DNA sequences encoding it and their use (6063623)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Modified oligonucleotides, their preparation and their use (6066720)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Combination of DNA sequences which enable the formation of modified starch in plant cells and plants, processes for the production of these plants and the modified starch obtainable therefrom (6066782)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) 2-amino-4-bicycloamino-1,3,5-Triazines, their preparation, and their use as herbicide and plant growth regulators (6069114)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) 2,4-Diamino-1, 3,5-triazines, their preparation, and their use as herbicides and plant growth regulators (6071860)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Microorganisms and plasmids for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)monooxygenase formation and process for the production of these plasmids and strains (6100446)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE) Microorganisms and plasmids for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) monooxygenase formation and process for the production of these plasmids and strains (6153401)  
    HOECHST JAPAN LTD. (Frankfurt, DE); Individual inventor(s) Processes for modifying plant flowering behavior (6025544)  
    ID BIOMEDICAL CORP. (Burnaby, CA) Additives for use in cycling probe reactions (6136533)  
    IJO PRODUCTS, LLC. (Paris, FR) Method of inhibiting fruit set on fruit producing plants using an aqueous emulsion of eicosenyl eicosenoate and docosenyl eicosenoate (6156703)  
    IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC (London, UK); UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER (Leicester, UK) Regulation of gene expression (6010887)  
    INCOTEC B.V. (Enkhuizen, NL) Method for the production of desiccation tolerant plant embryoids and methods for germination of desiccation tolerant embryoids (6022744)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Reagent and method for the detection of a nucleotide sequence with signal amplification (6017707)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Nucleotide sequence detection with signal amplification (6033853)  
    INSTITUT MERIEUX (Lyon, FR) Method and apparatus for carrying out nucleic acid amplification reactions within a porous absorbent material (6103503)  
    INTELLIGENE LTD. (Jerusalem, IL) Detection of nucleic acid sequences (6057099)  
    INTERGEN CO. (Armonk, NY US) Nucleic acid amplification oligonucleotides with molecular energy transfer labels and methods based thereon (6090552)  
    INTERGEN CO. (Armonk, NY US) Nucleic acid amplification oligonucleotides with molecular energy transfer labels and methods based thereon (6117635)  
    INTERNATIONAL FLOWER DEVELOPMENTS PTY., LTD. (Collingwood, AU) Transgenic plants exhibiting altered flower color and methods for producing same (6080920)  
    IOGEN CORP. (Ottawa, CA) Genetic constructs and genetically modified microbes for enhanced production of beta-glucosidase (6015703)  
    IOGEN CORP. (Ottawa, CA) Pretreatment process for conversion of cellulose to fuel ethanol (6090595)  
    JAPAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES (Tokyo, JP); MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Protein having cellulase activities and process for producing the same (6127160)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Cold-inducible promoter sequences (6084089)  
    JAPAN TOBACCO INC. (Tokyo, JP) Nucleic acids and methods for detecting pathogenic xanthomonas campestris using the same (6143500)  
    KANEGAFUCHI KAGAKU KOGYO K. K. (Osaka, JP) DNA coding for decarbamylase improved in thermostability and use thereof (6083752)  
    KIKKOMAN CORP. (Chiba, JP) Leucine aminopeptidase gene, recombinant DNA, and process for producing leucine aminopeptidase (6127161)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Gene for fatty acid desaturase, vector containing said gene, plant transformed with said gene, and process for creating said plant (6043411)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) DNA strands coding for glycerol-e-phosphate acyltransferase (6160203)  
    KIRIN BREWERY CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP); MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) DNA strands useful for the synthesis of xanthophylls and the process for producing the xanthophylls (6150130)  
    KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Seoul, KR) Incompatible plant and pathogen interaction related gene (6018038)  
    KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Seoul, KR) Genetic transformation of orchids (6020538)  
    KWS SAAT AG (Einbeck, DE) Dent corn inbred 7791 dent corn hybrid 6060BT (6127608)  
    KYOGO DAIICHI KAGAKU CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Method for measuring the concentration of polynucleotides (6043034)  
    KYOGO DAIICHI KAGAKU CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Method for measuring the concentration or the activity of protease inhibitor (6130055)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing Cis-3-hydroxy-L-proline (6010891)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth factor (6057296)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Compositions containing novel protein complexes (6066352)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for making bread (6077550)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Plant genes encoding flavonoid-3', 5'-hydroxylase (6114601)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP) Process for producing L-amino acids by fermentation (6143552)  
    KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD (Tokyo, JP); SHIN NENRYOYU KAIHATSU GIJUTSU KENKYU KUMIAI (Anjo, JP) Phytase and gene encoding said phytase (6139902)  
    L.V.M.H. RECHERCHE (Nanterre, FR) Dehydrated polysaccharide gel containing microorganisms, a sugar and a polyol for producing fermented drinks (6033887)  
    LABATT BREWING CO., LTD. (London, CA) Rapid two-stage polymerase chain reaction method for detection of lactic acid bacteria in beer (6103468)  
    LEADD BV (Leiden, NL) Chicken anemia virus mutants and vaccines and uses based on the viral proteins VP1, VP2 and VP3 or sequences of that virus coding therefor (6162461)  
    LODERS CROKLAAN B.V. (Wormerveer, NL) Low SAFA oils (6040161)  
    LONZA LTD. (Gampel, CH) Microorganisms for the stabilization of plasmids (6057146)  
    LONZA LTD. (Gampel, CH) Biotechnological method of producing biotin (6083712)  
    MARUZEN PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD. (Hiroshima, JP) Method of producing capsaicin analogues (6022718)  
    MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD. (Tokyo, JP); JAPAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES (Tokyo, JP) Mesophilic xylanases (6140097)  
    MERIAL (Lyon, FR) Recombinant live avian vaccine, using as vector the avian infectious laryngotracheitis virus (6033670)  
    MERIAL (Lyon, FR) Live recombinant avian vaccine using an avian herpesvirus as vector (6045803)  
    MERIAL (Lyon, FR) Viral vaccines (6100088)  
    MERIAL (Lyon, FR) Avian recombinant live vaccine using, as vector, the avian infectious laryngotracheitis virus (6153199)  
    MERIAL (Lyon, FR) Truncated transcriptionally active cytomegalovirus promoters (6156567)  
    METHYLGENE, INC. (Montreal, CA) Optimized antisense oligonucleotides complementary to DNA methyltransferase sequences (6066625)  
    MICROCLONING CCCD AB (Jonkoping, SE) Cell culture microchambers in a grid matrix sandwiched between a planar base and semipermeable membrane (6037171)  
    MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC. (Tokyo, JP) Method for producing phytase (6140077)  
    MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Expression of phytase in plants (6022846)  
    NEDERLANDS KANKER INSTITUUT (Amsterdam, NL); INTROGENE B.V. (Leiden, NL) Vectors and methods for providing cells with additional nucleic acid material integrated in the genome of said cells (6051430)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Flavorant prepared from Trigonela foenum-graecum seeds (6013289)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Ice cream with coating containing lactic acid bacteria (6022568)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Cheese flavor (6054151)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Enhanced expression of proteolytic enzymes in koji mold (6090607)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Recombinant sequence-modified L. johnsonii bacteria which produce only + L()-lactate (6110725)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Flavoring agent (6129937)  
    NESTEC, S.A. (Vevey, CH) Bacterocide compositions and their preparation from micrococcus varians (6150139)  
    NEW ZEALAND FOREST RESEARCH INST. LTD. (Rotorua, NZ) True breeding transgenics from plants heterozygous for transgene insertions (6057496)  
    NEW ZEALAND FOREST RESEARCH INST. LTD. (Rotorua, NZ) Ryegrass endophytes (6072107)  
    NEW ZEALAND FOREST RESEARCH INST. LTD. (Rotorua, NZ) Tall fescue endophytes (6111170)  
    NIHON NOHYAKU CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Composition for regulating plant growth and a method for application thereof (6117818)  
    NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Oligonucleotides for detection of Bacillus cereus group bacteria harmful to mammals, and method of detection with the oligonucleotides (6087104)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Plant growth promoter (6093683)  
    NIPPON ZEON CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Growth regulator for crop plants and method for regulating the growth of crop plants (6114284)  
    NISSHIN FLOUR MILLING CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Pseudomonas fluorescens (6048713)  
    NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC. (Tokyo, JP) Bioreactor carrier gel prepared from a crosslinked N-vinylcarboxamide resin (6133004)  
    NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES, INC. (Tokyo, JP); Individual inventor(s) Cellulose synthase gene (6051407)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Tissue-preferential promoters (6018099)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Chimeric plant genes possessing independent regulatory sequences (6018103)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Nucleic acid promoter fragment isolated from a plant tryptophan synthase alpha subunit (trpA) gene (6018104)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Promoters from plant protoporphyrinogen oxidase genes (6018105)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) DNA molecules encoding plant protoporphyrinogen oxidase (6023012)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred sweet corn line R398D (6034306)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar C910928 (6037528)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Genetic stabilizing elements (6040185)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Use of translationally altered RNA to confer resistance to maize dwarf mosaic virus and other monocotyledonous plant viruses (6040496)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar B630518RR (6040501)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar C405323 (6040502)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Cotton promoter (6040504)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Selectable marker for development of vectors and transformation systems in plants (6048730)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method for achieving integration of exogenous DNA delivered by non-biological means to plant cells (6051409)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Synthetic DNA sequence having enhanced insecticidal activity in maize (6051760)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Signal sequences for vacuolar sorting (6054637)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method for selecting disease resistant mutant plants (6057490)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Plants resistant to tospoviruses (6057492)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar S80-J2 (6063991)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Modified oligonucleotides (6066447)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Genes encoding insecticidal proteins (6066783)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar J335752 (6066784)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Antibodies which bind to insect gut proteins and their use (6069301)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) DNA extraction buffer and method of use thereof (6071698)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred maize line NP2029 (6072110)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Synthetic DNA sequence having enhanced insecticidal activity in maize (6075185)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Herbicide-tolerant protoporphyrinogen oxidase ("protox") genes (6084155)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Soybean cultivar M003360 (6084158)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Gene encoding a protein involved in the signal transduction cascade leading to systemic acquired resistance in plants (6091004)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Class of proteins for the control of plant pests (6107279)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method for breeding disease resistance into plants (6107544)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Nucleic acid construct comprising bacillus thuringiensis cry1Ab gene (6114608)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method for producing a plant-optimized nucleic acid coding sequence (6121014)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Chimeric insecticidal protein and DNA coding therefor (6121521)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Class of proteins for the control of plant pests (6137033)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred maize line NP2151 (6140563)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method of controlling the fertility of a plant (6147282)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Nucleic acids encoding tospovirus genome and expression thereof (6150585)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Method for identifying inhibitors of soraphen A resistant acetyl-coenzyme a carboxylase (6153374)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Auxin transport inhibitor compounds (6156704)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred corn line NP 991 (6156957)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Plant transformation methods (6162965)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH) Inbred maize line NP2208 (6166304)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH); DENMARK ROYAL VETERINARY AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY (Copenhagen, DK) Cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases (6133417)  
    NOVARTIS AG (Basel, CH); UCP GEN-PHARMA AG (Kirchberg, CH) Production of polypeptides by use of novel protease deficient yeast strains (6103515)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with .beta.-(1-6)- endoglucanase activity (6022723)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Phytase polypeptides (6039942)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Endoglucanase (6043075)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Peniophora phytase (6054306)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Extracellular expression of cellulose binding domains (CBD) using Bacillus (6060274)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Peniophora phytase (6060298)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Introduction of DNA into bacillus strains by conjugation (6066473)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with pectin esterase activity (6069000)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzymes with xylanase activity from Aspergillus aculeatus (6080567)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Starch conversion process (6087149)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Method for reducing phosphorus content of edible oils (6103505)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Protease variants (6110884)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Pectate lyase (6124127)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Oligosaccharide amino alditols and assay method (6132982)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Storage-stable liquid formulation comprising a laccase (6136578)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with endo-1,3(4)-.beta.-glucanase activity (6140096)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) .alpha.-amylase mutants (6143708)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Methods for generating recombined polynucleotides (6159687)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Enzyme with polygalacturonase activity (6159718)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Method for in vivo production of a mutant library in cells (6165718)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK) Carbohydrate oxidase and use thereof in baking (6165761)  
    NOVO-NORDISK A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK); NOVO NORDISK BIOTECH, INC. (Davis, CA US) Methods of producing polynucleotide variants (6159688)  
    OJI PAPER CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Transcriptional regulatory DNA sequence elements and signal peptide sequence of the Coriolus hirsutus phenoloxidase gene, and plasmid vectors and transformants utilizing such sequences (6075138)  
    ORSAN (Paris, FR) System for protein expression and secretion especially in corynebacteria (6027920)  
    OXFORD GENE TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Oxford, UK) Analying polynucleotide sequences (6054270)  
    OXFORD GENE TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Oxford, UK) Methods for discovering ligands (6080585)  
    OXFORD GENE TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Oxford, UK) Method for analyzing a polynucleotide containing a variable sequence (6150095)  
    PANNAR SEED LIMITED (Greytown, ZA) Hybrid sunflower plant and seed pan 9612 (6034307)  
    PANNAR SEED LIMITED (Greytown, ZA) Hybrid sunflower plant and seed PAN 9501 (6066787)  
    PETOSLUIS RECHERCHE FRANCE (Nice, FR) Genetic factor responsible for a defective endosperm phenotype in seeds, plants comprising said factor and their use in hybridization processes (6051752)  
    PHARMING B.V. (Leiden, NL) Transgenic bovines and milk from transgenic bovines (6013857)  
    PHARMING B.V. (Leiden, NL) Production of recombinant polypeptides by bovine species and transgenic methods (6066725)  
    PHARMING B.V. (Leiden, NL) Production of recombinant polypeptides by bovine species and transgenic methods (6140552)  
    PHYTOBIOTECH INC. (Laval, CA) Method for increasing the growth of plant cell cultures (6069009)  
    PLANT BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE SYSTEM LAB. (Tohoku, JP) Method of screening elicitor inducing the production of phytoalexin in rice and rice disease controlling agent containing elicitor as the active ingredient (6146893)  
    PLANT BIOSCIENCE LTD. (Norwich, UK) Genetic control of flowering (6077994)  
    PLANT BIOSCIENCE LTD. (Norwich, UK) Genetic control of flowering (6140085)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Method to obtain male sterile plants (6025546)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Bacillus thuringiensis strains and their insecticidal proteins (6028246)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Plants with modified flowers (6046382)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Genetic transformation using a PARP inhibitor (6074876)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Process for transforming monocotyledonous plants (6074877)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE) Transformation method for plants (6140553)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Chimaeric gene coding for a transit peptide and a heterologous peptide (6063601)  
    PLANT GENETIC SYSTEMS (Ghent, BE); BAYER AG (Leverkusen, DE) Chimaeric gene coding for a transit peptide and a heterologous polypeptide (6130366)  
    PROKYON APS (Copenhagen, DK) Resonance driven changes in chain molecule structure (6060293)  
    QUEST INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS CO. (Bridgewater, NJ US) Complex inducible promoter system derivable from a phage of a lactic acid bacterium (LAB), and its use in a LAB for production of a desired protein (6143525)  
    RHONE-POULENC RORER, S.A. (Lyon, FR) Biosynthesis method enabling the preparation of cobalamins (6156545)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of monocots (6037522)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Nitrogen-containing silicone useful for compacting nucleic acid sequences and use for transforming cells (6068980)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Method of controlling weeds in transgenic crops (6069115)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Seed specific promoters based on arabidopsis genes (6100450)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Globulin protein 11S, usable as a seed impregnation marker during germination (6107051)  
    RHONE-POULENC S.A. (Lyon, FR) Compositions and methods for use in cropping bananas and plantain trees (6114285)  
    RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN (Leiden, NL); MOGEN INTERNATIONAL N.V. (Leiden, NL) Transgenic fungal resistant plants expressing chitinase and glucanase, process for obtaining, and recombinant polynucleotides for uses therein (6087560)  
    ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Method of analysis using signal amplification (6020132)  
    ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Method for electrochemiluminescent labeling of nucleic acid, use in detection, and compositions therefor (6027885)  
    ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Method of detecting nucleic acids (6066455)  
    ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Method for the direct, exponential amplification and sequencing of DNA molecules and its application (6107032)  
    ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH (Mannheim, DE) Process for reducing the formation of artifacts during transcription of ribonucleic acids to deoxynucleic acids (6124093)  
    SAKATA SEED AMERICA, INC. (Yokohama, JP) Inbred broccoli line KI-13 capable of combining with other inbred broccoli to produce superior commercial cultivar (varieties) (6118046)  
    SANOFI, S.A. (Paris, FR); ELF AQUITAINE (Courbevoie, FR) Cassette for the expression of an endothiapepsin precursor in Cryphonectria parasitica (6017762)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Methods for clone-multiplication of paphiopedilums (6060313)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Hop mosaic virus gene and method for detecting hop mosaic virus (6107022)  
    SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Hop latent virus coat protein (6132960)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Transgenic plants exhibiting heterologous virus resistance (6015942)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Transgenic plants expressing ACC oxidase genes (6043409)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica oleracea plants which contain the polima CMS cytoplasm and are male sterile at high and low temperatures (6046383)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Seedless tomatoes and method for making the same (6060648)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Transgenic plants resistant to geminivirus infection (6087162)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Plants resistant to C strains of cucumber mosaic virus (6127601)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Starchless variety of pisum sativum having elevated levels of sucrose (6127605)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US) Carbon-based process for selection of transgenic plant cells (6143562)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US); CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, NY US) Papaya ringspot virus NIa protease gene (6046384)  
    SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. (Saticoy, CA US); UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, CA US) Lettuce infectious yellows virus genes (6160201)  
    SHIN-ETSU BIO, INC. (San Diego, CA US); SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Production of non-native bacterial exopolysaccharide in a recombinant bacterial host (6027925)  
    SHISEIDO CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JP) Flower initiation inducer (6057157)  
    SHOWA DENKO CO. (Tokyo, JP) Plant-containing composition (6153185)  
    SOREMARTEC S.A. (Schoppach-Arlon, BE) Isolation and sequencing of the hazel FAD2-Ngene (6025172)  
    SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. (Osaka, JP); DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, NC US) Porphyrin-accumulating type herbicide resistance gene (6160206)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Cytochrome P450 gene (6069241)  
    SUNTORY LTD. (Osaka, JP) Foam proteins and use thereof (6080405)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Plant promoter and method for gene expression using said promoter (6028250)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Yeast promoter (6043051)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Endo-xyloglucan transferase (6120998)  
    TAKARA SHUZO CO., LTD. (Kyoto, JP) Plasmid (6165749)  
    TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Otsu, JP) Cell proliferator and applications thereof (6010701)  
    TDK CORP. (Tokyo, JP) Protein-bound magnetic particles and process of producing the same (6033878)  
    TINCA-BETEILIGUNGS-GMBH (Saarbrucken, DE) Method of producing electrolyte enriched plant embryos (RE36824)  
    TOSOH CORP. (Shinnanyo, JP) Method of extracting nucleic acids and method of detecting specified nucleic acid sequences (6043032)  
    TOSOH CORP. (Shinnanyo, JP) Method of assay of nucleic acid sequences (6063572)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Thermostable DNA polymerase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon strain KOD1 (6033859)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) Methods of amplification using a thermostable DNA polymerase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon strain KOD1 and reagent kit therefor (6054301)  
    TOYO BOSEKI K. K. (Osaka, JP) DNA encoding a thermostable DNA polymerase (6143536)  
    TOYOBO CO. (Osaka, JP); TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (San Angelo, TX US) Cotton fiber tissue-specific genes (6166294)  
    TRANSGENE S.A. (Courbevoie, FR) Method for the preparation of a viral vector by intermolecular homologous recombination (6110735)  
    TRIGEN LTD. (London, UK) Serine protease inhibitors (6127340)  
    ULTRA PROPRE NUTRITION INDUSTRIE RECHERCHE (Paris, FR) Method for detecting heat-resistant micro-organisms capable of contaminating certain food products (6117636)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Process for immobilizing enzymes to the cell wall of a microbial cell by producing a fusion protein (6027910)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Immobilized proteins with specific binding capacities and their use in processes and products (6114147)  
    UNILEVER PATENT HOLDINGS B.V. (Rotterdam, NL) Salt-inducible promoter derivable from a lactic acid bacterium, and its use in a lactic acid bacterium for production of a desired protein (6140078)  
    UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (Gainesville, FL US); BACHEM BIOSCIENCE (Bubendorf, CH); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU); UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (Oakland, CA US) ShK toxin compositions and methods of use (6077680)  
    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE (Melbourne, AU); COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORG. (CSIRO) (Canberra, AU); DARATECH PROPRIETARY LTD. (Victoria, AU) Bacteriocin piscicolin 126 (6054163)  
    UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN (Saskatoon, CA); CIBA-GEIGY AG (Ardsley, NY US) Vaccines with chimeric protein comprising gamma-interferon and leukotoxin derived from pasteurella haemolytica (6096320)  
    VISIBLE GENETICS INC. (Toronto, CA) Method for bi-directional sequencing of nucleic acid polymers (6083699)  
    YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. (Rehovot, IL); YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CO., HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM (Jerusalem, IL) Transgenic tomato plants containing a fusarium resistance gene (6100449)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) .beta.-Ketoacyl ACP reductase genes from Brassica napus (6011201)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Plants and processes for obtaining them (6013861)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Assay method (6022686)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) S-adenosyl-L-homocystein hydrolase promoter (6037524)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin genes and methods of use (6063605)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Plant-derived enzyme and DNA sequences and uses thereof (6066456)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Process for obtaining fungal resistant plants with recombinant polynucleotides encoding .beta.-1,3-glucanase modified for apoplast targeting (6066491)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Modification of lignin synthesis in plants (6066780)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Polynucleotide encoding osmotin modified for apoplast targeting (6087161)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) DNA sequences from muskmelon (Cucumis melo) related to fruit ripening (6107548)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Production of proteins, plasmids coding therefor and organisms containing such plasmids (6136567)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) Plant gene encoding acetyl coenzyme a carboxylase biotin carboxyl carrier protein (6150586)  
    ZENECA LTD. (London, UK) DNA encoding antimicrobial proteins from impatiens (6150588)  
All years 3,051
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Date created: 5/27/2004 1:11:38 PM

 

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